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
- to wind around and around
- to move in a winding course
noun
- anything wound or gathered into a series of rings or a spiral
- such a series of rings or a spiral
- a single turn of a coiled figure
- a series of connected pipes in rows or coils
- a roll of postage stamps for use in a dispenser or vending machine; also, a stamp from such a roll
- 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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