coil
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[edit] English
[edit] Pronunciation
- Audio (US)help, file
- Rhymes: -ɔɪl
[edit] Etymology 1
< Middle French coillir (“‘to gather, pluck, pick, cull’”) (French: cueillir) < Latin colligere (“‘to gather together’”), pp. collectus < com- (“‘together’”) ; legere (“‘to gather’”); see legend.
[edit] Noun
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coil (plural coils)
- Something wound in the form of a helix or spiral.
- Common name for any intra-uterine contraceptive device (Abbreviation: IUD)—the first IUDs were coil-shaped.
- (electrical) A coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow.
[edit] Synonyms
- (coil of conductive wire): inductor
[edit] Translations
something wound
intra-uterine contraceptive device
electrical
[edit] Verb
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to coil (third-person singular simple present coils, present participle coiling, simple past and past participle coiled)
- To wind or reel e.g. a wire or rope into regular rings, often around a centerpiece.
- A simple transformer can be made by coiling two pieces of insulated copper wire around an iron heart.
- To wind into loops (roughly) around a common center.
- The sailor coiled the free end of the hawser on the pier.
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[edit] Etymology 2
From Celtic origin, cf. Gaelic goil (“‘fume, rage’”).
[edit] Noun
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coil (plural coils)
[edit] Quotations
- For examples of the usage of this term see the citations page.
[edit] External links
- coil in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- coil in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
[edit] Irish
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: [kɛlʲ]
[edit] Noun
coil
- Genitive singular form of col.
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis | |
| coil | choil | gcoil | |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
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