coil

IPA: kˈɔɪɫ

Something wound in the form of a helix or spiral.
Any intrauterine device (abbreviation: IUD)—the first IUDs were coil-shaped.
(electronics) A coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow.
A cylinder of clay.
(figurative) Entanglement; perplexity.
(now obsolete except in phrases) A noise, tumult, bustle, or turmoil.
A surname.
Abbreviation of chemical oxygen-iodine laser.

To wind or reel e.g. a wire or rope into regular rings, often around a centerpiece.
To wind into loops (roughly) around a common center.
To wind cylindrically or spirally.
To build a pot (etc) with clay coils.
(obsolete, rare) To encircle and hold with, or as if with, coils.

Examples of "coil" in Sentences

Circumference of this coil is 25 x 2 x pi = approx. 157 inches.
Then a metal coil is placed there to prevent further damage from leaking blood.
Please note as my friend Farrah did that the Tesla coil is surrounded by a Faraday cage.
A coil is great around a stove pipe on New Hampshire, but in California you may want a flat collector.
The pickup coil is placed under, or near, any transformer-type telephone without being in physical contact with it.
Twist the object beyond recognition along the X - or Y-axis, or make the title coil out towards you along the Z - axis.
The gold colored ignition coil is on my pickup today, and the valve covers were on my Fairlane, and are now on the rebuilt dune buggy shown on more of my dune buggy pages.
The circumference of an "average" coil is closely approximate to the circumference of the coil that is located midway between the innermost coil (radius 14 inches) and outermost coil (radius 36 inches) - i.e. the coil that has a radius of 25 inches.