coil

Meaning

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. 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) To encircle and hold with, or as if with, coils.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kɔɪl/

Etymology

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.

Sentences

The primary coil has fifty turns .