Found 4 items, similar to coil.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak)
Definition: coil
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English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: coil
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: coil
coil
v 1: to wind or move in a spiral course;
“the muscles and nerves
of his fine drawn body were coiling for action”;
“black
smoke coiling up into the sky”;
“the young people
gyrated on the dance floor” [syn:
gyrate,
spiral]
2: make without a potter's wheel;
“This famous potter
hand-builds all of her vessels” [syn:
handbuild,
hand-build]
3: wind around something in coils or loops [syn:
loop,
curl]
[ant:
uncoil]
coil
n 1: a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous
series of loops;
“a coil of rope” [syn:
spiral,
volute,
whorl,
helix]
2: a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles [syn:
whorl,
roll,
curl,
curlicue,
ringlet,
gyre,
scroll]
3: a transformer that supplies high voltage to spark plugs in a
gasoline engine
4: a contraceptive device placed inside a woman's womb
5: tubing that is wound in a spiral
6: reactor consisting of a spiral of insulated wire that
introduces inductance into a circuit
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Coil
Coil
\Coil\, v. i.
To wind itself cylindrically or spirally; to form a coil; to
wind; -- often with about or around.
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You can see his flery serpents . . .
Coiting, playing in the water. --Longfellow.
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Coil
\Coil\, n.
1. A ring, series of rings, or spiral, into which a rope, or
other like thing, is wound.
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The wild grapevines that twisted their coils from
trec to tree. --W. Irving.
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2. Fig.: Entanglement; toil; mesh; perplexity.
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3. A series of connected pipes in rows or layers, as in a
steam heating apparatus.
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Induction coil. (Elec.) See under
Induction.
Ruhmkorff's coil (Elec.), an induction coil, sometimes so
called from Ruhmkorff, a prominent manufacturer of the
apparatus.
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Coil
\Coil\, n. [Of Celtic origin; cf. Gael. goil fume, rage.]
A noise, tumult, bustle, or confusion. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Coil
\Coil\ (koil), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Coiled (koild); p. pr.
& vb. n.
Coiling.] [OF. coillir, F. cueillir, to collect,
gather together, L. coligere; col- + legere to gather. See
Legend, and cf.
Cull, v. t.,
Collect.]
1. To wind cylindrically or spirally; as, to coil a rope when
not in use; the snake coiled itself before springing.
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2. To encircle and hold with, or as with, coils. [Obs. or R.]
--T. Edwards.
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