Autowire AWG 8 ( 8mm), Automotive Wire #8 (8 mm), Auto Wire AWG 8 ( Philflex)

A wire is a single usually cylindrical, flexible strand or rod of metal. Wires are used to bear mechanical loads or electricity and telecommunications signals. Wire is commonly formed by drawing the metal through a hole in a die or draw plate. Wire gauges come in various standard sizes, as expressed in terms of a gauge number. The term 'wire' is also used more loosely to refer to a bundle of such strands, as in "multi-stranded wire", which is more correctly termed a wire rope in mechanics, or a cable in electricity.