Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

straight-through

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.98 in modern English

Syllables
straight-through
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of an electrical cable, having connector pins at one end wired to the same pins at the other: pin 1 to pin 1, pin 2 to pin 2, and so on; contrasted with crossover.

Questions

What does straight-through mean?
Of an electrical cable, having connector pins at one end wired to the same pins at the other: pin 1 to pin 1, pin 2 to pin 2, and so on; contrasted with crossover.

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