wiring

American  

[wahyuhr-ing] / ˈwaɪər ɪŋ /

noun

1. an act of a person who wires.

2. Electricity. the aggregate of wires in a lighting system, switchboard, radio, etc.

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wiring British  

/ ˈwaɪərɪŋ /

noun

1. the network of wires used in an electrical system, device, or circuit

2. the quality or condition of such a network

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adjective

1. used in wiring

Etymology

Origin of wiring

First recorded in 1800–10; wire + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

Additionally, Marvell is a play on optical networking, an area that’s becoming increasingly interesting as customers look for faster, higher-bandwidth and lower-latency alternatives to traditional copper wiring in AI data centers.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 10, 2026

For the Artemis II mission, these were printed on to the wiring inside the Orion space capsule.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

“We have no wiring between neutral atoms. As a consequence of that, it’s easily scalable, so we can have tens of thousands of qubits in each quantum computer.”

From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026

And, because the system would have double the voltage—800V—the wiring loom can use thinner, lighter wire.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026

Tell him he’s my dog now, and I’m not never going to let anybody hurt him again ever, and then I leave, wiring that fence good.

From "Shiloh" by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

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