[Vocabulary] three-wayed connector

[atabitaraf]

I'm really sorry because of bothering you time by time to find my everyday words. Thank you all. :up:

Here we use an electrical connector which is very useful to get more connections. It's a flat box, with several sockets on it, with a long cable, that is pluged in into a socket, so you can get more connections afterwards.
Because it usually has three sockets, in our local language, we call it 'three-wayed' or you say a 'three-wayed connector.' Would you please tell me the term you use?

Thanks.

 

[bhaisahab]

I'm really sorry because of bothering you time by time to find my everyday words. Thank you all. :up:

Here we use an electrical connector which is very useful to get more connections. It's a flat box, with several sockets on it, with a long cable, that is pluged in into a socket, so you can get more connections afterwards.
Because it usually has three sockets, in our local language, we call it 'three-wayed' or you say a 'three-wayed connector.' Would you please tell me the term you use?

Thanks.

"Three way connector"

 

[atabitaraf]

Actually with 'three way connector' I couldn't find my meaning in images.google.com
I meant this picture.

 

[emsr2d2]

The multi-socket thing is called a "gang" or "socket gang". Here is what came up when I searched for a "three way socket gang":
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=f...87,d.d2k&fp=d389f70dc21ab43f&biw=1680&bih=952

 

[Gillnetter]

I'm really sorry because of bothering you time by time to find my everyday words. Thank you all. :up:

Here we use an electrical connector which is very useful to get more connections. It's a flat box, with several sockets on it, with a long cable, that is pluged in into a socket, so you can get more connections afterwards.
Because it usually has three sockets, in our local language, we call it 'three-wayed' or you say a 'three-wayed connector.' Would you please tell me the term you use?

Thanks.

It sounds like a surge protector to me - if it is used to transmit power to a computer. If not, I would call it an extension cord with three plug-ins.

 

[emsr2d2]

Not all multi-socket gangs have a built-in surge protector. Two of the gangs in my living room are just straight multi-socket gangs and if there's ever a serious power surge, everything will blow. I have one gang with a surge protector which has the important stuff plugged into it.

 

[Rover_KE]

I'm really sorry for bothering you time after time to find [STRIKE]my[/STRIKE] everyday words. You don't need to apologise; you are not bothering us; we are here to help.

Would you please tell me the term you use? I call it a three-way adapter.

adapter

a device used to connect several electrical appliances to a single mains socket

• (Collins)

Rover

 

[Tdol]

If not, I would call it an extension cord with three plug-ins.

I would just call it an extension.

 

[emsr2d2]

I thought of "extension" first, but then realised that I would probably use that specifically to refer to the length of the cable (an extension lead).

 

[Tdol]

For me, an extension could have one or more sockets on the end- it has a cable.