winding
winding definition
wind·ing (wīn′diŋ)
noun
- the action or effect of a person or thing that winds; specif.,
- a sinuous path or course
- devious methods, actions, etc.
- a coiling, spiraling, or twining
- a single turn
- something that winds; specif.,
- wire, thread, etc. wound around something the winding on an electric coil
- a single turn of this
- the manner in which this is wound a shunt winding
- the condition or fact of being warped or twisted a board in winding
- a defective gait of horses in which one leg tends to twist around the other
adjective
that winds, turns, coils, spirals, etc.
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Comments
Improve this definition.
Browse dictionary definitions near winding
Share on Facebook