Solid wire is cheaper to manufacture than stranded wire and is used where there is little need for flexibility in the wire.

However, for many high-frequency applications, proximity effect is more severe than skin effect, and in some limited cases, simple stranded wire can reduce proximity effect.

When joining two or more stranded wires, twist them together clockwise before attaching the nut.

Dipoles for longer wavelengths are made from solid or stranded wire.

In stranded wire, the solder is drawn up into the wire by capillary action in a process called 'wicking'.

Crimp connectors are typically used to terminate stranded wire.

His hands fumbled in the shadows for several seconds, then came out with what appeared to be the stranded wire of a radio aerial lead-in wire.

Because of its extreme flexibility it is much more resistant to failing as a result of metal fatigue than ordinary stranded wire or solid wire.

This terminal may be used with a variety of wire gauges as well as with either solid core or stranded wires.

AWG gauges are also used to describe stranded wire.