Coil : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Coil	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for Coil
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
coil n a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops; "a coil of rope" Synonym(s): coil, spiral, volute, whorl, helix a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals) Synonym(s): coil, whorl, roll, curl, curlicue, ringlet, gyre, scroll a transformer that supplies high voltage to spark plugs in a gasoline engine a contraceptive device placed inside a woman's womb tubing that is wound in a spiral reactor consisting of a spiral of insulated wire that introduces inductance into a circuit v 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" Synonym(s): gyrate, spiral, coil make without a potter's wheel; "This famous potter hand- builds all of her vessels" Synonym(s): handbuild, hand-build, coil wind around something in coils or loops Synonym(s): coil, loop, curl Antonym(s): uncoil
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Coil \Coil\, n. [Of Celtic origin; cf. Gael. goil fume, rage.] A noise, tumult, bustle, or confusion. [Obs.] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. 2. To encircle and hold with, or as with, coils. [Obs. or R.] --T. Edwards.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Coil \Coil\, v. i. To wind itself cylindrically or spirally; to form a coil; to wind; -- often with about or around. You can see his flery serpents . . . Coiting, playing in the water. --Longfellow.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Coil \Coil\, n. 1. A ring, series of rings, or spiral, into which a rope, or other like thing, is wound. The wild grapevines that twisted their coils from trec to tree. --W. Irving. 2. Fig.: Entanglement; toil; mesh; perplexity. 3. A series of connected pipes in rows or layers, as in a steam heating apparatus. {Induction coil}. (Elec.) See under {Induction}. {Ruhmkorff's coil} (Elec.), an induction coil, sometimes so called from Ruhmkorff, a prominent manufacturer of the apparatus.