coil

(Inglese)

Noun

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. (figuratively) Entanglement; perplexity.

Verb

1. To wind or reel e.g. a wire or rope into regular rings, often around a centerpiece.
2. To wind into loops (roughly) around a common center.
3. To wind cylindrically or spirally.
4. To build a pot (etc) with clay coils.
5. (obsolete, rare) To encircle and hold with, or as if with, coils.

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/kɔɪl/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: coilen

Affine francese: cueillir

In summary

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.

Concetti

bobina

spirale

spira

serpentina

rotolo

rocchetto

serpeggiante

serpentino

🐍

serpiginoso

sinuoso

solenoide

voluta

bobina d’accensione

arrotolare

serpentiforme

avvolgere

attorcigliare

avvolgimento

cartoccio

sinonimi

wind

roll

spiral

twist

curl

reel

loop

➿

helix

wind up

whorl

turn

twine

twirl

entwine

spin

coil up

bend

bundle

spool

ring

💍

ringlet

roll up

wriggle

volute

bobbin

skein

bind

scroll

📜

curlicue

bunch

convolution

fold

handbuild

meander

winding

hand-build

circle

⭕

kink

turmoil

hank

sheaf

curve

curl up

bustle

spire

convolute

ballast

spring

round

revolve

Frasi

The primary coil has fifty turns .

La bobina primaria ha cinquanta turni.