winding

wind·ing

the action or effect of a person or thing that winds; specif.,
1. a sinuous path or course
2. [usually pl.] devious methods, actions, etc.
3. a coiling, spiraling, or twining
4. a single turn
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
a defective gait of horses in which one leg tends to twist around the other

that winds, turns, coils, spirals, etc.

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winding

noun

a. Something wound about a center or an object: an armature with its wire winding.
b. The way in which something is wound.
c. One complete turn of something wound: two windings of electrical tape.
A curve or bend, as of a road.

adjective

Twisting or turning; sinuous.
Spiral.

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wind′ing·ly
adverb

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Verb

Present participle of wind.

Noun

(countable and uncountable, plural windings)

something wound around something else
the manner in which something is wound
one complete turn of something wound
(electrical) a length of wire wound around the core of an electrical transformer