Umbilical cable
A cable and/or hose bundle which supplies required consumables to a remote user / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not to be confused with Umbilical cord.
An umbilical cable or umbilical is a cable and/or hose that supplies required consumables to an apparatus, like a rocket, or to a person, such as a diver or astronaut. It is named by analogy with an umbilical cord. An umbilical can, for example, supply air and power to a pressure suit or hydraulic power, electrical power and fiber optics to subsea equipment and divers.
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