coil
63
4.1
- noun
- /kɔɪl/
- Specialized
:
bobina
- All right, the Tesla coil breaks the air first.
- transducer coil
- coil and magnet
- coil motor
Now, you can clearly see the copper coil is very stable.
- Now, you can clearly see the copper coil is very stable.
- But if I hold the magnet and move the coil, I don't create an electric field.
- And it was a coil that at that time could only inhibit neurons.
- It's, you know, just straight, but I can go to the single coil and turn it down.
- I've got this pretty large C magnet and a huge copper coil.
Examples
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The technician replaced the faulty coil in the engine to improve its performance.
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In conventional draw-through HVAC systems, air flows through the cooling coil before entering the fan section.
Academic text (1997) -
Instead of a single coil, we use four.
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Now, you can clearly see the copper coil is very stable.
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So to begin with, is the coil energized now?
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Looking inside, we see that there is a coil of metal called the filament.
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The battery-powered device employs a current pulsing through a coil of wire to create a small magnetic field.
Academic text (2008) -
The heater's coil warms up quickly, providing heat throughout the room.
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After careful inspection, we found that the coil was damaged and needed to be rewound.
Synonyms
6
8.2
A coil of wire that makes a magnetic field when electricity flows through it
3
6.3
A wire wrapped around a magnet that makes a magnetic field in motors and generators
3
6.9
A device that makes very strong, quickly changing electric voltages and sparks
1
6.7
A loop of wire that makes high voltage from low battery power
1
3.9
A long metal wire shaped into a spiral that pushes back to absorb shock in cars or mattresses
1
7.4
A coil of wire that slows changes in electric current by making a magnetic field
1
5.5
A part in a car engine that turns low battery electricity into high voltage for spark plugs
1
7.3
A device that makes a strong electric spark to light fuel in engines
A wire wrapped around a magnet that makes the magnetic force for electric machines
Fixed wire loops inside a motor that make a magnetic field when electric current flows
Coiled wire on the motor's rotating part that carries electric current and makes it turn
A coil of wire that gets electric current from a nearby primary coil by magnetic action
A loop of wire inside a transformer that makes the output current
A coil used in circuits that lets direct current pass but reduces alternating current
A small wire coil in old radios that gives feedback to strengthen weak signals
A wire coiled into a spiral that stores and releases energy to make things turn
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
3
6.3
A wire wrapped around a magnet that makes a magnetic field in motors and generators
- Specialized
3
6.9
A device that makes very strong, quickly changing electric voltages and sparks
- Specialized
1
3.9
A long metal wire shaped into a spiral that pushes back to absorb shock in cars or mattresses
- Specialized
1
5.5
A part in a car engine that turns low battery electricity into high voltage for spark plugs
- Specialized
A coil that lets direct current pass but reduces alternating current in a circuit
- Specialized
A coil used in circuits that lets direct current pass but reduces alternating current
A notebook with a spiral of wire or plastic that lets pages turn easily and lie flat
- Specialized
An instrument that measures very small electric current using a coil that moves in a magnetic field
- Specialized
A speaker that uses a small coil and magnet to move a cone and make sound
- Specialized
A device that turns sound into electric signals using a coil and magnet
- Specialized
A loop of wire where changing electric current makes a magnetic field that creates current in a nearby loop
- Specialized
Coiled wire on the motor's rotating part that carries electric current and makes it turn
- Specialized
A coil of wire that gets electric current from a nearby primary coil by magnetic action
- Archaic
A small wire coil in old radios that gives feedback to strengthen weak signals
- Specialized
Fixed wire loops inside a motor that make a magnetic field when electric current flows
How Inductive
- Specialized
1
9.4
- Specialized
28
4.9
- Specialized
- Specialized
63
4.1
700
1.0
Surface Forms
Etymology
Coil originally meant a wound loop, and that picture is why we call a wound piece of wire a coil in heaters or engines — the wrapped wire makes heat or a magnetic effect when electricity moves through it.