ワイヤ

also: ワイヤー · ワイア

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Meanings

General term for metal wire, cable, or wire-like objects.

abbreviation

Abbreviation of ワイヤロープ; used in contexts like construction, shipping, or climbing.

ワイヤを張はるto stretch/string a wire
庭にわの周まわりにワイヤを張はって柵さくを作つくった。
I stretched wire around the garden to make a fence.
ワイヤが切きれるfor a wire to snap/break
登と山ざん中ちゅうにワイヤが切きれて事じ故こが起おきた。
The wire snapped during the climb and an accident occurred.
ワイヤで固こ定ていするto secure/fasten something with wire
アンテナはワイヤで固こ定ていされている。
The antenna is secured with wire.
ワイヤを巻まくto wind/coil a wire
作さ業ぎょう員いんがクレーンにワイヤを巻まいた。
The worker wound the wire around the crane.

ワイヤロープ sense 2
ワイヤロープ is the full, formal term for wire rope, while ワイヤ is the common abbreviated form used in everyday and technical speech.
ケーブル sense 1
ケーブル usually refers to a thicker cable, often electrical or for load-bearing use, while ワイヤ suggests a thinner, simple strand of metal wire.
針はり金がねN2
針金 is the native Japanese word for wire in general, including thin crafting wire, while ワイヤー is a loanword usually referring to thicker, industrial or cable-like wire.

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Loanword from English 'wire'.