coil

(Inglês)

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.

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/kɔɪl/

Etimologia (Inglês)

Herdado de inglês médio: coilen

Cognato com francês: 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.

Conceitos

bobina

enrolar

carrinho

colher

🥄

corda

🪢

hélice

mola

rosca

sinuoso

DIU

espiral

enroscar

enrolamento

bobine

serpentino

carretel

Sinônimos

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

Frases

The primary coil has fifty turns .

A bobina primária tem cinquenta voltas.