Hypernyms (shake is a kind of...): musical note; note; tone (a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound) Meaning: Grasping and shaking a person's hand (as to acknowledge an introduction or to agree on a contract)
WMBE stands for Women and Minority Business Enterprise. Suggest new definition. This definition appears somewhat frequently and is found in the following Acronym Finder categories: 1  Business, finance, etc.
The added W stands for water resistant so that it could be installed outdoors and in conduit when THHN wire could not. However, again, remember that they're all combined into a universal wire now. If you buy THHN wire on our website it will have all of the attributes of each acronym discussed on this page. THW Wire Thermoplastic, Heat and water resistant wire. This acronym is missing the N for nylon coated. The nylon coating looks like the little piece of plastic over a shoe lace and protects the wire in a similar fashion.