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sheathed

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for sheathed.

Editorial note

Flexible plastic conduit doesn't seem to offer barely any more protection than a standard US NM sheathed cable.

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Quick take

enclosed in a protective covering; sometimes used in combination

Meaning at a glance

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adjective

enclosed in a protective covering; sometimes used in combination

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for sheathed.

adjective

enclosed in a protective covering; sometimes used in combination

Example sentences

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Flexible plastic conduit doesn't seem to offer barely any more protection than a standard US NM sheathed cable.

2

We had a Time Warner tech blame moisture in the air impacting the (sheathed) cable for an outage.

3

Taking Joan of Arc as an example, her literal sword was sheathed by her faith, in many ways.

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And a deep, concrete-sheathed cable is a huge pain to maintain compared to cables around 1-3m underground.

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A right hander will usually have a sword sheathed on their left hip sticking out and down.

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It's all point-to-point wired with 12 gauge cryo-treated OFC solid conductor wire sheathed in Techflex for the best possible quality.

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One person got a big knife and kept it sheathed, then clubbed people with the handle.

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You could however make mineral insulated metal sheathed cables using magnesium oxide/magnesia (makes up about 10% of the lunar surface).

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What if it was still about the weapons - but more about them being sheathed?

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Would you pay twice as much for one if it were sheathed in white plastic and had an Apple or Tesla logo?

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The socket holes are protected so you can’t jam thing in like European ones, and the metal isn’t exposed as the live and neutral are sheathed if the plug is half connected.

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Around 2018 or so I bought a new set of chargers and decent quality cloth sheathed cables.

Quote examples

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"the new site, the smoke ventilating equipment installed throughout the glass-sheathed structure is faulty even after lessons learned from Germany’s worst airport disaster" That sounds like an engineering fault.

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use sheathed in a sentence?

Flexible plastic conduit doesn't seem to offer barely any more protection than a standard US NM sheathed cable.

What does sheathed mean?

enclosed in a protective covering; sometimes used in combination

What part of speech is sheathed?

sheathed is commonly used as adjective.