enow.com Web Search

Search results

1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network

2. Garrote - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garrote

   Garrote. A 1901 execution at the old Bilibid Prison, Manila, Philippines. A garrote (/ ɡəˈrɒt, ɡəˈroʊt / gə-RO (H)T; alternatively spelled as garotte and similar variants) [1] or garrote vil (Spanish: [ɡaˈrote ˈβil]) is a weapon and a method of capital punishment. It consists of a handheld ligature of chain, rope, scarf, wire or ...

3. Hanging - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanging

   Detail from a painting by Pisanello, 1436–1438. Hanging is killing a person by suspending them from the neck with a noose or ligature. Hanging has been a common method of capital punishment since the Middle Ages, and is the primary execution method in numerous countries and regions. The first known account of execution by hanging is in Homer ...

4. Tightrope walking - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tightrope_walking

   Tightrope walking. The feet of a tightrope walker. Tightrope walking, also called funambulism, is the skill of walking along a thin wire or rope. It has a long tradition in various countries and is commonly associated with the circus. Other skills similar to tightrope walking include slack rope walking and slacklining.

5. Catenary - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catenary

   The silk on a spider's web forming multiple elastic catenaries. In physics and geometry, a catenary (US: / ˈkætənɛri / KAT-ən-err-ee, UK: / kəˈtiːnəri / kə-TEE-nər-ee) is the curve that an idealized hanging chain or cable assumes under its own weight when supported only at its ends in a uniform gravitational field.

6. String (structure) - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/String_(structure)

   String (structure) String is a long flexible structure made from fibers twisted together into a single strand, or from multiple such strands which are in turn twisted together. String is used to tie, bind, or hang other objects. It is also used as a material to make things, such as textiles, and in arts and crafts.

7. Coaxial cable - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coaxial_cable

   Coaxial cable, or coax (pronounced / ˈkoʊ.æks /), is a type of electrical cable consisting of an inner conductor surrounded by a concentric conducting shield, with the two separated by a dielectric (insulating material); many coaxial cables also have a protective outer sheath or jacket. The term coaxial refers to the inner conductor and the ...