two-wire

A two-wire flier is hauled around like a suitcase, safe and slow.

Three Stations : An Arkady Renko Novel Martin Cruz Smith 2010

He looked Arkady up and down, “You are definitely a two-wire man.”

Three Stations : An Arkady Renko Novel Martin Cruz Smith 2010

My computer is connected to my husband's plugged-in computer via a two-wire router, plus a LinkSys receiver that is hard-wired to my computer by a cable about 1.5 meters long.

amplifier vs ethernet cable 2007

The top lead on a two-wire system is more typically the ground, as that’s the one that will cop it from lightning strikes most often.

Home School Science Kylie Willison 2007

My one beef was that there were three of these machines with their power cords daisy chained from one to the other – the last one in line was plugged into a 3-prong to 2-prong groundlift which was plugged into one of those crappy, thin, two-wire brown 6′ extension cord… which went right into the wall.

Think Progress » Rep. Jean Schmidt (R-OH) has trouble voting. 2006

Here's how the scheme (.pdf) works: Alice and Bob have a two-wire cable between them, and two resistors each -- we'll say they each have a 10-ohm and a 1,000-ohm resistor.

Hold the Photons! 2005

Here's how the scheme (.pdf) works: Alice and Bob have a two-wire cable between them, and two resistors each -- we'll say they each have a 10-ohm and a 1,000-ohm resistor.

Hold the Photons! 2005

So far as street railways and power transmission are concerned, I would draw your attention to the fact that the same underlying principle of multiple-arc mains and feeders originally conceived by Mr. Edison is as much a necessity in their operation as it is in the electric lighting systems, whether those systems be operated on the old two-wire plan, the three-wire plan or by means of alternating currents.

Scientific American Supplement, No. 1178, June 25, 1898 Various

We had two-wire underground feeders, sent without any plans or specifications for their installation.

Edison, His Life and Inventions, vol. 1 1910

This station supplied its customers by a network of feeders and mains of the standard underground two-wire Edison tubing-conductors in sections of iron pipe -- such as was used subsequently in New York, Milan, and other cities.

Edison, His Life and Inventions, vol. 1 1910