coil
IPA: kˈɔɪɫ
noun
- 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.
verb
- 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.
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Examples of "coil" in Sentences
- The coil is secured to the shaft.
- But the orientation of the coil is sideways.
- The shell coils to the left or to the right.
- The coiling may be trochospiral or convolute.
- The helical coil was then connected to the toroid.
- Hence there is no change in the polarity in the coils.
- Hence, there is no change in the polarity in the coils.
- Honeycomb coils are coils wound using a crisscross weave.
- The coils generating the acoustic noise are the gradient coils.
- The coil or coils of an ambient air absorber must be defrosted periodically.