umbilicals
Fetal supply lines
Umbilicals are cables, hoses, or lines that supply essential resources to something that can't yet function independently—like the biological umbilical cord connecting fetus to placenta.
Astronauts on spacewalks depend on umbilicals for oxygen and communication.
Rockets receive fuel and power through umbilicals until the moment of launch.
The technicians disconnected the umbilicals as the countdown reached zero.
Fastening cord for animals
- spacewalkVenturing outside a spacecraft
- EVAActivity outside spacecraft
- astronautSpacecraft crew member
- lifelineEssential connection to safety
oxygen · spacesuit · connection · NASA · ISS · airlock · extravehicular · cosmonaut
Heavy-duty woven line
- power supplyElectrical energy delivery device
- hydraulicRelating to pressurized liquids
- connectorThing that joins others
- rigEquipment arrangement or vehicle
offshore platform · ROV · subsea · pipeline · bundle · wellhead · manifold · riser
Flexible twisted strand
- placentaFetal nourishment organ
- wombFetal development organ
- fetusGestating offspring
- navelCord attachment remnant
birth · gestation · nutrients · blood vessels · amniotic · prenatal · delivery · clamping
Flexible fluid conduit
- tetherFastening cord for animals
- diverOne who submerges
- helmetProtective head covering
- saturationState of complete permeation
commercial diving · tender · communications · hot water · bellman · decompression · offshore · hardhat
tether
Fastening cord for animals
- spacewalkVenturing outside a spacecraft
- EVAActivity outside spacecraft
- astronautSpacecraft crew member
lifeline · oxygen · spacesuit · connection · NASA · ISS · airlock · extravehicular · cosmonaut · spacecraft
cable
Heavy-duty woven line
- power supplyElectrical energy delivery device
- hydraulicRelating to pressurized liquids
- connectorThing that joins others
rig · offshore platform · ROV · subsea · pipeline · bundle · wellhead · manifold · riser · equipment
cord
Flexible twisted strand
navel · birth · gestation · nutrients · blood vessels · amniotic · prenatal · delivery · clamping · cutting
hose
Flexible fluid conduit
saturation · commercial diving · tender · communications · hot water · bellman · decompression · offshore · hardhat · life support
- marine technologysubmarines, submersibles, ROVs, underwater drones, diving equipment
umbilicalsself-sufficiency
Independence from outside aid
autonomy · independence · autarky · self-sustaining · wireless systems
umbilicalsfree-floating
Not fixed to anything
cordless · self-propelled · free-swimming · Bluetooth · Wi-Fi
- umbilical cordFetal-placental connection
- cut the umbilical cordEnd dependent relationship completely
- cutting the umbilical cordSevering newborn's lifeline
- umbilical cord blood
- umbilical herniaOrgan protrusion at navel
- umbilical stumpLeftover after cord clamping