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cord 1. string or thin rope made of several twisted strands 2. a length of woven or twisted strands of silk, etc., sewn on clothing or used as a belt 3. a ribbed fabric, esp corduroy 4. US and Canadian a flexible insulated electric cable, used esp to connect appliances to mains 5. Anatomy any part resembling a string or rope 6. a unit of volume for measuring cut wood, equal to 128 cubic feet cord [kȯrd] (electricity) A small, very flexible insulated cable. (materials) A unit of measure for wood stacked for fuel or pulp; equals 4 × 4 × 8, or 128 cubic feet (approximately 3.6246 cubic meters). A long, flexible, cylindrical construction of natural or synthetic fibers twisted or woven together. Strands of material forming the plies in a motor vehicle tire. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Consider Electric Cord Piece, 1967 (remade 2003), in which a doubly male electrical cord snakes across the floor to join two female outlets, and My Last Museum Piece (Flies to Honey), a 2003 reconfiguration of a 1969 project that consists of a seven-foot-diameter inflated clear plastic ball whose inside has been smeared with honey and hosts a swarm of tiny flies feeding from its gooey walls. Suppose an electrician and a mathematician were reviewing a new product and analyzing the number of shocks that occurred when the product's electric cord was plugged into a socket. The children, who were then 6 to 14 years old, were seized in July 2001 from their home when they told West of beatings with a fly-swatter handle, a belt and an electric cord that sometimes left marks. |
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