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The Book of Terms

Conductor

A wire (or combination of wires not insulated from one another) suitable for carrying electric current. A conductor may be used bare or insulated. The conducting portion of a cable or core. It is made up of a number of bare copper or aluminum wires, stranded or bunched, the use of the latter usually being confined to the smaller flexible cables.

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