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coil¹ Definition

coil (ko̵il)

transitive verb

to wind or gather (rope, a hose, etc.) into a circular or spiral form

Etymology: ME coilen, to select, cull < OFr coillir, to gather, pick < L colligere, to gather together: see collect

intransitive verb

  1. to wind around and around
  2. to move in a winding course

noun

  1. anything wound or gathered into a series of rings or a spiral
  2. such a series of rings or a spiral
  3. a single turn of a coiled figure
  4. a series of connected pipes in rows or coils
  5. a roll of postage stamps for use in a dispenser or vending machine; also, a stamp from such a roll
  6. Elec. a spiral or loop of wire or other conducting element used as an inductor, heating element, etc.

coil² Definition

coil (ko̵il)

noun

Archaic commotion; turmoil

Etymology: Early ModE < ?

coil Synonyms

coil

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coil Synonyms

coil

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coil Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • wire: Two coils of wire are wrapped around an iron core.
  • rope: Ewan merely soaked up the sun, sitting with eyes closed on a coil of rope beside the main mast.

Object

  • serpent: At the base of the spine is the root chakra, the coiled serpent of sexual energy.
  • snake: He entered and found a big snake coiled on the bedding.
  • tubing: Despite this, the first coiled tubing well was drilled from the Gannet platform in early 2004.

Adjective modifier

  • mortal: At least when you shuffle off your mortal coil, the coffin will only have two corners damaged.
  • superconducting: Often the magnet is a superconducting solenoid coil which requires cooling to the temperature of liquid helium.
  • rolled: Precision cold rolled coil being slit to narrow strips. © Outokumpu Stainless Another form of cold processing is cold drawing.
  • helical: These calculators can be used for either primary or secondary single layer helical coils.
  • contraceptive: Unsure about my new contraceptive coil Will ab toner affect the coil?

Modifies a noun

  • pickup: Two single coil pickups on a full size body are accented by a traditionally shaped sound hole.
  • actuator: This feedback technology is frequently accompanied by the use of linear or rotary voice coil actuator technology.
  • loudspeaker: Magnetically shielded All moving coil loudspeakers use some kind of magnet system to produce the movement within the voice-coil.
  • spring: Choose between a lightweight air shock or bomber duty coil spring.

Noun used with modifier

  • tesla: Conclusion Please note that building a solid state tesla coil IS NOT EASY.
  • ignition: The ignition coil that is suitable for the hall sensor ignition MUST have a yellow label.
  • mirena: I also have a mirena coil which is also meant to stop periods.
  • evaporator: Heating was by electric heaters and cooling was by flowing the air over evaporator coils of the refrigerator.
  • four-pipe: The new Toshiba system has replaced an aging four-pipe fan coil system which affected half the building's usage during a system failure.
  • condenser: Move refrigerators out from the wall and vacuum their condenser coils once a year ( unless you have a no-clean condenser model ).

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