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    Abrasion Resistance – Ability of a wire, cable or material to resist surface wear.
    Accelerated Aging – A test in which voltage, temperature, etc. are increased above normal operating values to obtain observable deterioration in a relatively short period of time.
    Aerial Cable – A cable suspended in the air on poles or other overhead structure.
    Alloy – A metal formed by combining two or more different metals to obtain desirable properties.
    Alternating Current (AC) – Electric current that continually reverses its direction. It is expressed in cycles per second (hertz or Hz).
    Ambient Temperature – The temperature of a medium surrounding an object.
    American Wire Gauge (AWG) – A standard system for designating wire diameter. Primarily used in the United States.
    Ampacity – The maximum current an insulated wire or cable can safely carry without exceeding either the insulation or jacket material limitations. (Same as Current Carrying Capacity.)
    Ampere – The unit of current. One ampere is the current flowing through one ohm of resistance at one volt potential.
    Analog – Representation of data by continuously variable quantities.
    Annealed Wire – Wire, which after final drawdown, has been heated and slowly cooled to remove the effects of cold working.
    ANSI – Abbreviation for American National Standards Institute.
    Anti-Oxidant – A substance which prevents or slows down oxidation of material exposed to heat.
    ASA – Abbreviation for American Standards Association. Former name of ANSI.
    ASCII – American Standard Code for Information Interchange.
    ASME – Abbreviation for American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
    ASTM – American Society for Testing and Materials.
    Attenuation – Power loss in an electrical system. In cables, generally expressed in dB per unit length.
    Audio Frequency – Those frequencies audible to the human ear, generally considered to be in the range of 32 to 16,000 hertz (Hz).
    AWG – Abbreviation for American Wire Gauge.
    AWM – Designation for Appliance Wiring Material.
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