An androgynous connector features mating faces that are mechanically identical, allowing any two cables or ports of the same type to plug into each other. This eliminates the need for gender-matching adapters and simplifies field deployments. The contacts are typically arranged with rotational symmetry so they interlock perfectly when flipped or rotated.
Heard on the job
We specified an androgynous connector for the sensor bus so the field techs can't plug the cables in backward.
Also heard as
- hermaphroditic
- genderless