wiring

1. 1.

   a circuit of wires for the distribution of electricity

   Broadercircuit

   Narrowerlight circuit
2. 2.

   the work of installing the wires for an electrical system or device

   Broadermanual labor

Other forms of wiring

plural

wirings·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about wiring

What does wiring mean?

wiring means "a circuit of wires for the distribution of electricity". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in wiring?

wiring has 2 syllables: wi-ring. The stress falls on "wi". In IPA it is /ˈwaɪɹɪŋ/.

Is wiring a common word?

wiring is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.