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1. dead wire
(a) The percentage or portion of wire on a dynamo or motor armature that does not concur in the production of electromotive force. The dead-turns, q. v., of a drum armature or the inside wire in a Gramme ring armature are dead wire.

(b) A disused and abandoned electric conductor, such as a telegraph wire.

(c) A wire in use, but through which, at the time of speaking, no current is passing.

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