coil

Significat (anglès)

1. Something wound in the form of a helix or spiral.
2. Any intrauterine device (abbreviation: IUD)—the first IUDs were coil-shaped.
3. A coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow.
4. A cylinder of clay.
5. Entanglement; perplexity.

wind

roll

handbuild

hand-build

convulate

be rolled up

twist around

wire wrapping

wrap around

wrap round

snake-like

change direction

voluminosity

move round

be curled up

car’s suspension

coil of wire

curled portion

roll into a coil

twisted portion

tie around

tickler coil

coiled material

serpentine-patterned

electric coil

potted coil

shading coil

querl

shield coil

screened coil

shielding coil

coil curl

toroid worm pipe

intra-uterine contraceptive

colied

choke coil

parallel circle

Freqüència

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/kɔɪl/

From Middle English coilen, from Old French coillir, cuillir (“to gather, pluck, pick, cull”) (modern French cueillir), from Latin colligō (“to gather together”), past participle collectus, from com- (“together”) + legō (“to gather”); compare legend. Doublet of cull.