Glossary
Glossary of Terms
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| Marine Eye |
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A style of hardware with a drilled eye and a drilled shank into which wire rope is inserted for swaging |
| Marline Spike |
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Tapered steel pin used in splicing wire rope |
| Messenger Strand |
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Galvanized strand or bronze strand used to support telephone and electric cables |
| Metric Cable |
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Cable designed and manufactured to metric sizes and tolerances |
| Mild Plow |
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See "Grades, Rope" |
| Military Specification |
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A specification governing the manufacture of specialty wire ropes and aircraft cables required in various military and non-military applications. See Cable Specifications |
| Minimum Bending Radius |
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Ratio of the diameter of the pulley used in an application (D) to the diameter of the wire rope (d) |
| Modulus of Elasticity |
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Mathematical quantity giving the ratio, within the elastic limit, between a definite range of unit stress on a wire rope, to the corresponding elongation |
| Mooring Lines |
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Galvanized wire rope, usually 6x12, 6x24 or spring lay construction, for holding ships to dock |