Used in a Sentence

wires

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for wires.

Editorial note

The problem is that the automakers went to microcontroller busses because this creates a rats nest of wires.

Examples16
Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

A piece of such material; a thread or slender rod of metal, a cable.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of wires gathered in one view.

noun

A piece of such material; a thread or slender rod of metal, a cable.

noun

A metal conductor that carries electricity.

noun

A fence made of usually barbed wire.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for wires.

noun

A piece of such material; a thread or slender rod of metal, a cable.

noun

A metal conductor that carries electricity.

noun

A fence made of usually barbed wire.

noun

The slender shaft of the plumage of certain birds.

Example sentences

1

The problem is that the automakers went to microcontroller busses because this creates a rats nest of wires.

2

Above this single layer of transistors are many layers for wires which are alternatingly used for wires mostly in X- and mostly in Y-direction.

3

It means that there is one layer of transistors, and N layers for connecting wires above.

4

The state of the art in radar is that sensing power lines and similar wires is not reliable.

5

Some designs are just helixes made with coax cable, some are just a couple of wires in an x-shape.

6

We ran tonnes of more grounding wires through the modules and that took care of the problem.

7

We need £20,000 pa to keep our anti-poaching team in the field, cutting illegal snare wires.

8

Oddly enough me and my dad were swapping out the spark plug wires on my car.

9

The woman gives Kevin a South Korean bank account number, to which Joseph wires $1,000.

10

There would be tens of pounds of extra metal, plus impossible bundles of hundreds of wires to route around the car.

11

Usually this is for wiring (change order or grouping of wires to suit block S).

12

Wouldn't there be a big magnetic field generated when so much power is pulled through the wires/bus bars from the battery?

Quote examples

1

A big buy move on the treasury market that says "risk-off" would tell me some serious shit just happened and hasn't hit the news wires yet.

2

That sounds like a torture chamber." But then seems to not find anything risky about having bare wires attached to a fully-charged car battery on his desk.

3

And if for some reason you have lower voltage "class 2" wiring running in the same conduit, those wires (and whatever else they split off to) are now considered class 1, even if they're only low current 24V signal wires or similar.

4

Our test campaign cannot confirm or refute the claims of the EMDrive..." Given that this is a 700W microwave oven putting out a tiny amount of thrust, and that a positive finding would invalidate a basic conservation law, my money is on those wires.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use wires in a sentence?

The problem is that the automakers went to microcontroller busses because this creates a rats nest of wires.

What does wires mean?

A piece of such material; a thread or slender rod of metal, a cable.

What part of speech is wires?

wires is commonly used as noun.