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A flexible, insulated lead wire used for making tests, connecting instruments to a circuit temporarily or for making temporary electrical connections.

A.C.

Abrasion Resistance

Accelerated Aging

Activator

Adhesive-Bonded

Admittance

Aging

AL/MY

Alloy

Alternating Current (AC)

Ambient Temperature

American Wire Gauge (AWG)

Ampacity

Ampere

Ampere’s Law

Analog

Anneal

ANSI

Anti-Oxidant

Anti-Ozonant

Appliance Wire and Cable

Arc Resistance

Armor

ASA

ASME

ASTA

ASTM

Attenuation

Audio Frequency

AWG

AWM

B & S Gauge

Balanced Line

Bare Conductor

Barrel-Packed

Bend Radius

Bifilar

Bimetallic Wire

Binder

Bobbins

Bond

Bond Strength

Bondable Wire

Bonded Cable

Bonded Construction

Braid

Braid Angle

Braid Carrier

Braid Ends

Braiding Machine

Breakdown (Puncture)

Breakdown Voltage

Bunch Stranding

Buncher

Butt Wrap

C.S.A.

Cable

Cable Core

Cable Core Binder

Cable Filler

Cable Sheath

Cable Tray

Cabling

Cabling Factor

Calibration

Capacitance

Capacitance, Direct

Capacitance, Mutual

Carrier

Category

Cathode

CEC

CEE

Certificate of Compliance (C of C)

Certified Test Report (CTR)

Characteristic Impedance

CIC

Cigarette Wrap

Circuit

Circuit Breaker

Circuit Voltage

Circular Mil Area (CMA)

Cladding

CMA

Coated Copper

Coaxial Cable

Coaxial Connector

Coil Effect

Cold Bend

Cold Bend Test

Cold Flow

Color Code

Combination Unilay

Common Axis Cabling

Composite (Clad) Wire

Composite Cable

Composite Conductor

Compound

Compressed

Concentric Stranding

Concentricity

Conductance

Conductivity

Conductor

Conduit

Connector

Constantan

Contact

Continuity Check

Continuous Load

Contrahelical

Control Cable

Conventional Concentric

Copolymer

Copper

Copper-Clad Steel

Cord

Corona

Corona Resistance

Corrosion

Coverage

Covering

Creep

Creepage Path

Crimp

Cross-Linked

Cross-Linked Polyethylene (XLPE)

Cross-Sectional Area (csa)

Crosstalk

CSA

Cure

Curing Cycle

Curl

Current

Current-Carrying Capacity

Cut-Through Resistance

Cycle

Damp Location

dB Loss

Decibel (db)

Dedicated Circuit

Degree Rise

Delay Line

Denier

Derating Factor

Design Voltage

Dessicant

Die

Dielectric

Dielectric Breakdown

Dielectric Constant (K)

Dielectric Loss

Dielectric Strength

Dielectric Test

Digital

Direct Burial Cable

Direct Current (DC)

Direct Current Resistance (DCR)

Direction of Lay

Discrete Wiring

Disruptive Discharge

Double Shield

Drain Wires

Draw Feed Stock

Drawing

Dry Location

Duct

Duplex

Duplex Cable

Duplex Parallel

Durometer

Duty Rating

Eccentricity

EIA

Elastomer

Electro-Tinned

Electrode

Electromagnetic

Electromagnetic Coupling

Electromagnetic Field

Electromagnetic Induction The

Electromotive Force (e.m.f.)

Electroplate

Electrostatic

Elongation

Emergency Overload

EMI

Enameled Wire

Ends

Energize

EPDM

EPR

Equilay

Etched Wire

ETFE

Ethylene Copolymers (Non-Halogen)

ETPC

External Interference

External Wiring

Extruded Cable

Extrusion

FAA

Factor of Assurance

Farad

Fatigue Resistance

Fault Current

FEP

Fiber

Fiber Optics

Field

Filler

Film

Fine Stranded Wire

Fixture Wire

Flame Resistance

Flame Retardant

Flammability

Flat Braid

Flat Cable

Flex Life

Flexibility

Flexible

Fluoropolymers

Foamed Dielectric

Foamed Plastics

Foil

FPM

FR-1

Frequency

Fungus Resistance

Fuse Wire

Fused Coating

Fused Conductors

Galvanizing

Galvanometer

Gas Out

Gauge

Gigahertz

Glass Braid

Gold

Ground

Ground Conductor

Ground Insulation

Ground Loop

Ground Plane

Ground Potential

Halogen

Hard-Drawn Wire

Harness

Hazardous Location

HDPE

Heat Distortion

Heat Resistance

Heat Shock

Helix

Henry

Hertz (Hz)

Heterogeneous Insulation

Hi-Pot

High Strength Alloy Conductor

High Voltage

High-Temperature Wire and Cable

HMP

Hook-up Wire

Hot Conductor

Hot Tin Dip

Hybrid Cable

Hydroscopic

IACS

ICEA

IEC

IEEE

Ignition Cable

Impact Strength

Impedance

Impulse Strength

Impulse Test

Individual Strand Diameter

Inductance

Inductive Coupling

Insulated Conductor

Insulated Wire

Insulation

Insulation Adhesion

Insulation Crimp

Insulation Resistance

Insulation Shield

Insulation Thickness

Interference

Internal Diameter

Internal Wiring

Interstices

Ionization Voltage (Corona Level)

IPCEA

Iron-Constantan

Irradiation

ISA

ISO

Jacket

Jumper

Junction

Kapton

KCMIL

Kevlar

Kilovolt (KV)

KVA

Kynar

Lacquer

Laminated Tape

Lay Direction

Lay Length

Lead

Life Cycle

Limited Smoke

Limits of Error

Limpness

Line Voltage

Listed

Litz Wire

Load

Local Area Network (LAN)

Longitudinal Shield

Longitudinal Wrap

Loop Resistance

Loss

Loss Factor

Low Loss Dielectric

Low Noise Cable

Magnet Wire

Marker Tape

Marker Thread

Megarad

Megohmmeter

Mfd

MHz

Micrometer

Micron

Mil

Milivolt

Modulus of Elasticity

Moisture Absorption

Moisture Resistance

Motor Lead Wire

Multi-conductor

Multiplexing

Mutual Capacitance

Mylar®

National Electrical Code® (NEC)

National Electrical Code® Article 725

National Electrical Code® Article 760

National Electrical Code® Article 800

NEMA

Neoprene

Noise

Nominal (NOM)

Nylon

OAW

Off Center

Offgassing

Ohm

Ohm Law’s

Oil Aging

Oil Resistance

Operating Temperature

OSHA

Outgassing

Overall Diameter (OD)

Overcurrent Device

Overlap

Oxidation

Oxygen Index

Oxygen-free high conductivity copper (OFHC)

Pair

Parallel Pair

Parallel Stripe

Pay-Off

Peak Voltage

Percent Plating

Percentage Conductivity

Perfluoroalkoxy (PFA).

Permittivity

Peroxide

Pick

Picks Per Inch (P/I)

Picofarad

Pigment

Pigtail Wire

Planetary Cabler

Planetary Twister

Plastic Deformation

Plasticizer

Plating

PLTC

Poly

Polyamide

Polychloroprene

Polyester

Polyethylene (PE)

Polyhalocarbon

Polyimide

Polymer

Polyolefin

Polypropylene

Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE).

Polyurethane

Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC)

Porosity

Power Cables

Power Factor

Primary Insulation

Propagation Delay

Propagation Time

Prototype

Proximity Effect

PSI

Pulse Cable

Put-Up

PVC

R-F

Raceway

Rated Temperature

Rated Voltage

Reactance

Receptacle

Red Plague

Redraw

Reel

Reflection Loss

Reinforced Sheath

Resilient

Resistance

Resistive Conductor

Resistivity

Retractile Cable

Return Wire

RFI

RG/U

Ribbon Cable

Rip-Cord

Rod

RoHS

Rope Concentric

Rope Lay Cable

Rope Lay Conductor

Rope Unilay

RPM

Rubber (Wire Insulation)

Rupture

SAE

Sag (conductor)

Secondary Insulation

Self-Extinguishing

Self-Supporting Cable

Semi-Conducting Jacket

Semi-Rigid

Semi-Solid

Semiconductor

Separator

Serve

Serving

Sheath

Shield

Shield Coverage

Shield Effectiveness

Short Circuit

Signal

Silicone Rubber

Silicone Treating

Silver

Sizing

Skeleton Braid

Skin Effect

Sleeve

Solid Conductor

Spark Test

SPC

Specific Gravity

Spiral Shield

Spiral Stripe

Spiral Wrap

Splice

Stabilizer

Strand

Strand Lay

Stranded Conductor

Strip

Sunlight Resistance

Surface Resistively

Take-Up

Tank Test

Tape Wrap

Taped Insulation

Tarnish

Tear Strength

Teflon FEP

Teflon PFA

Teflon TFE

Teflon®

Tefzel

Temper

Temperature Rating

Tensile Set

Tensile Strength

Tension Member

Terminals

Test Lead

TEW

Textile Braid

TFE

Themal Shock

Thermal Aging

Thermal Expansion

Thermal Rating

Thermal Resistance of a Cable

Thermocouple Lead Wire

Thermocouple Wire

Thermoplastic

Thermoset

Tinned Wire

Tinning

Tinsel

Tinsel Wire

Tolerance

Tracer

Transmission

Transmission Loss

Transposition

Tray Cable

Triboelectric Noise

True Concentric

Tubing

Twinner

Twisted Pair

Ultraviolet (UV) Inhibitor

Ultraviolet Degradation

Unidirectional Concentric Stranding

Unidirectional Stranding

Unilay Strand

Velocity of Propagation

VHF

Volt (V)

Voltage

Voltage Drop

Voltage Rating

Voltage Withstand Test

Volume Resistivity

Vulcanization

Wall Thickness

Water Absorption Test

Waterblocked Cable

Watt

Wetting

Wicking

Wire

Wire Gauge

XLPE

Yield Strength

Zytel