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copper wire

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copper wire [′käp·ər ′wīr]
(metallurgy)
Wire commonly made from copper by drawing from a hot-rolled rod without annealing; however, the smaller sizes may involve intermediate anneals.


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Fiber optics can also be compared to copper wire systems.
This led to expensive long distance calls because you were paying for pieces of copper wire to be connected all the way from your phone to the destination phone, and for that connection to remain constant throughout the call.
Over recent years you have reported the theft of lead from church and house roofs, roofing slates, paving stones and tiles, copper wire from railway signalling systems and, in one case, of a lightning conductor resulting in the collapse of a church steeple.
 
 
 
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