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winding Definition

wind·ing (wīn′diŋ)

noun

  1. the action or effect of a person or thing that winds; specif.,
    1. a sinuous path or course
    2. devious methods, actions, etc.
    3. a coiling, spiraling, or twining
    4. a single turn
  2. something that winds; specif.,
    1. wire, thread, etc. wound around something the winding on an electric coil
    2. a single turn of this
    3. the manner in which this is wound a shunt winding
  3. the condition or fact of being warped or twisted a board in winding
  4. a defective gait of horses in which one leg tends to twist around the other

adjective

that winds, turns, coils, spirals, etc.

winding Synonyms

winding

modif.

turning, gyrating, gyring, spiraling, twisting, snaky, serpentine, convoluted, dextrorse, dextrorsal, sinistrorse.

Antonyms straight*, direct*, vertical*.

winding Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • follow: I followed the windings of this pass with much interest.
  • have: It also has two 120 volt windings which are connected in parallel.
  • use: The damping force is created using extra windings in the motor, grouped in phases.
  • keep: The smaller gensets use a simple shaft mounted fan to keep the windings cool, much like a car alternator does.

Adjective modifier

  • secondary: The secondary windings of the transformer step the AC voltage up or down to provide the proper voltages.
  • many: Gaily we sailed, And after many windings serpentine We reached the place.
  • separate: The tuner incorporates a sophisticated power supply system which incorporates a power transformer with separate windings for analog and digital circuits.
  • primary: This is when the primary windings of the coil begin to flow current and " charge " the primary side of the coil.
  • internal: However, the matching is achieved by ' inductive coupling ' via internal windings that are sealed within the central element.

Preposition: on

transformer: The first is the coupling ( mainly capacitive ) between the primary and secondary windings on the transformer.

Noun used with modifier

  • motor: Soft magnetic materials also play an important role in electric motors where they enhance the field produced by the motor windings.
  • company: The Insolvency Service This is the government department that deals with bankruptcies and company windings up.
  • coil: The coil windings forma transformer having a 1:1 ratio.
  • stator: They have double seals and their stator windings are double vacuum and pressure impregnated.
  • field: The speed could be adjusted by varying the current in the field windings.
  • alternator: Just because it sits on mother earth it does not mean the alternator windings are electrically connected to earth.

Preposition: of

  • river: There then follows in the original a passage of 12 lines in which the consequences of the windings of the river are discussed.
  • transformer: The secondary windings of the transformer step the AC voltage up or down to provide the proper voltages.
  • coil: In practice some energy is lost due to resistance of the windings of both coils.

Preposition: for

analog: The tuner incorporates a sophisticated power supply system which incorporates a power transformer with separate windings for analog and digital circuits.