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Cable Receptacle. An interrupting outlet box device installed in an electric supply circuit for the connection of electric cables.  
Cable Roof. A circular structure in which the internal stresses of the members are subjected primarily to tensile stresses.  
Cable Support. A structure which holds cable lines in place or at a safe overhead height.  
Cable Tap Box. A box where public cable service supply lines are connected with a branch to serve a building or structure.  
Cable Tray. Open track for support of insulated cables.  
Cable TV. A system of distributing television signals to individual subscribers by use of subterranean cables or overhead wires, rather than by aerials.  
Cable, Audio. A cable which carries and transmits audio signals.  
Cable, BX. A type of indoor wiring consisting of two or more insulated wires protected by a wound, galvanized steel strip cover; the metal winding forms a flexible tube, offering protection similar to rigid conduit.  
Cable, Coaxial . A cable consisting of two concentric conductors separated by an insulator; usedto transmit telephone, television and computer signals.  
Cable, Communication. A cable fortransmission of telephone, television, and computer signals.  
Cable, Computer. Coaxial cable which transmits computer signals.  
Cable, Copper. Insulated, sheathed copper wires conducting power from a source to an electric appliance.  
Cable, Fire Alarm. A specific electrical system cable which carries electric current to a warning horn or bell for use in the event of a fire or other catastrophe.  
Cable, Guy. A wire used to secure a tall exterior mast, antenna, or other structure in place.  
Cable, Thermostat. A specific electrical system cable which operates an automatic device for regulating the temperature in a room, space, or area.  
Cable. 1. A thin, flexible line which carries only tensile forces. 2. A bundle of two or more electrical conductors.  
CABO. Council of American Building Officials.  
Cabriole Leg. A curved furniture leg rounded and swollen at the top and tapered down ending in an ornamental foot.  
CAD. Computer Aided Design.  
CADD. Computer Aided Design and Drafting.  
Cadmium Lithopone. A series of yellows and reds that are permanent to light and resistant to alkalis.  
Cadmium Red. Non-fading red pigment made from cadmium and selenium metals; heat and alkali resistant.  
Cadmium Yellow. Pigment prepared by precipitation from acid solution of soluble cadmium salt with hydrogen sulphide gas; fast to alkalis but not to acids.  
Cadmium. A bluish white malleable ductile toxic metallic element used in protective platings and in bearing metals.  
Cafe. A small coffee shop or simple restaurant.  
Cafeteria. A restaurant where the diners collect their food on a tray and usually pay before eating.  
Cage Ladder. A, usually wall-mounted, ladder that has, for safety, a surrounding structure to prevent the climber from falling off.  
Caging. Metal furring used to enclose pipes, columns, beams or other configurations to be concealed by gypsum board.  
Caisson Disease. A sometimes fatal disorder that afflicts workers in a compressed air atmosphere who return to normal air pressure too quickly; decompression sickness; also called The Bends, Air Embolism, or Aerembolism.  
Caisson. 1. A type of drilled or augured piling. 2. A cylindrical, sitecast concrete foundation that penetrates through unsatisfactory soil to rest upon an underlying stratum of rock or satisfactory soil. 3. A foundation pier, either circular or rectilinear in plan, usually sunk to rock either by means of gravity, compressed air or by the open-well method. 4. A panel sunk below the normal surface in flat or vaulted ceilings.  

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