coil : Idioms & Phrases

• noun an arrangement of coils used in sensitive electrical instruments; the coils are arranged to give zero resultant external magnetic field when a current passes through them and to have zero electromotive force induced in them by an external magnetic field
  

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• noun a coil of low resistance and high inductance used in electrical circuits to pass direct current and attenuate alternating current
  choke coil; choke.
  

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• noun a coil of low resistance and high inductance used in electrical circuits to pass direct current and attenuate alternating current
  choke coil; choke.
  

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• noun a spring in the shape of a coil
  volute spring.
  

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• noun the electric coil around a field magnet that produces the magneto motive force to set up the flux in an electric machine
  field winding.
  

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• a flat coil of rope with the end in the center and the turns lying against, without riding over, each other.

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• noun an induction coil that converts current from a battery into the high-voltage current required by spark plugs
  

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• noun a coil for producing a high voltage from a low-voltage source
  

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• an apparatus producing induced currents of great intensity. It consists of a coil or helix of stout insulated copper wire, surrounded by another coil of very fine insulated wire, in which a momentary current is induced, when a current (as from a voltaic battery), passing through the inner coil, is made, broken, or varied. The inner coil has within it a core of soft iron, and is connected at its terminals with a condenser; called also inductorium, and Ruhmkorff's coil.

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• noun a galvanometer that is operated by the force exerted by an electric current flowing in a movable coil suspended in a magnetic field
  

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• (steam Heating), a group of connected straight pipes arranged side by side and one above another, used in a radiator.

Webster 1913

• noun coil forming the part of an electrical circuit such that changing current in it induces a current in a neighboring circuit
  primary; primary winding.
  
  • current through the primary coil induces current in the secondary coil

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• (Elec.), a coil of wire introduced into an electric circuit to increase the resistance.

Webster 1913

• noun the rotating armature of a motor or generator
  rotor.
  

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• (Elec.), an induction coil, sometimes so called from Ruhmkorff a prominent manufacturer of the apparatus.

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• (Elec.), a circuit or coil in which a current is produced by the induction of a current in a neighboring circuit or coil called the primary circuit or coil.

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• noun coil such that current is induced in it by passing a current through the primary coil
  secondary winding; secondary.
  

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• noun an induction coil used to create sparks
  

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• noun mechanical device consisting of the stationary part of a motor or generator in or around which the rotor revolves
  stator.
  

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• a coil of pipe, or collection of connected pipes, for containing steam; used for heating, drying, etc.

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• noun a step-up transformer with an air core; used to produce high voltages at high frequencies
  

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• noun a small coil in series with the anode of a vacuum tube and coupled to the grid to provide feedback
  

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