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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
coil1       [koil] Pronunciation Key
–verb (used with object)
1.to wind into continuous, regularly spaced rings one above the other: to coil a wire around a pencil.
2.to wind on a flat surface into rings one around the other: He coiled the rope on the deck.
3.to gather (rope, wire, etc.) into loops: She coiled the garden hose and hung it on the hook.
–verb (used without object)
4.to form rings, spirals, etc.; gather or retract in a circular way: The snake coiled, ready to strike.
5.to move in or follow a winding course: The river coiled through the valley.
–noun
6.a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.
7.a single such ring.
8.an arrangement of pipes, coiled or in a series, as in a radiator.
9.a continuous pipe having inlet and outlet, or flow and return ends.
10.Medicine/Medical. an intrauterine device.
11.Electricity.
a.a conductor, as a copper wire, wound up in a spiral or other form.
b.a device composed essentially of such a conductor.
c.ignition coil.
12.Philately.
a.a stamp issued in a roll, usually of 500 stamps, and usually perforated vertically or horizontally only.
b.a roll of such stamps.
[Origin: 1605–15; perh. var. of cull]

—Related forms
coil·a·ble, adjective
coil·a·bil·i·ty, noun
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coil2       [koil] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.a noisy disturbance; commotion; tumult.
2.trouble; bustle; ado.
[Origin: 1560–70; orig. uncert.]
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coil 1       (koil)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
    1. A series of connected spirals or concentric rings formed by gathering or winding: a coil of rope; long coils of hair.
    2. An individual spiral or ring within such a series.
    3. A wound spiral of two or more turns of insulated wire, used to introduce inductance into a circuit.
    4. Any of various devices of which such a spiral is the major component.
  2. A spiral pipe or series of spiral pipes, as in a radiator.
  3. Electricity
    1. A wound spiral of two or more turns of insulated wire, used to introduce inductance into a circuit.
    2. Any of various devices of which such a spiral is the major component.
  4. A roll of postage stamps prepared for use in a vending machine.

v.   coiled, coil·ing, coils

v.   tr.
  1. To wind in concentric rings or spirals.
  2. To wind into a shape resembling a coil.

v.   intr.
  1. To form concentric rings or spirals.
  2. To move in a spiral course: black smoke coiling up into the sky.


[Probably from obsolete French coillir, to gather up, from Latin colligere; see collect1.]

coil'er n.
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coil 2       (koil)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   A disturbance; a fuss.


[Origin unknown.]

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coil 
1611, from M.Fr. coillir "to gather, pick," from L. colligere "to gather together" (see collect). Meaning specialized perhaps in nautical usage.

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coil

noun
1. a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops; "a coil of rope" 
2. a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals) 
3. a transformer that supplies high voltage to spark plugs in a gasoline engine 
4. a contraceptive device placed inside a woman's womb 
5. tubing that is wound in a spiral 
6. reactor consisting of a spiral of insulated wire that introduces inductance into a circuit 

verb
1. 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" [syn: gyrate] 
2. make without a potter's wheel; "This famous potter hand-builds all of her vessels" [syn: handbuild] 
3. wind around something in coils or loops [ant: uncoil] 

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coil

See triangle.

Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms for Today's Investor by David L. Scott.
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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.

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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.

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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.

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Coil

Coil\, n. [Of Celtic origin; cf. Gael. goil fume, rage.] A noise, tumult, bustle, or confusion. [Obs.] --Shak.

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COIL
chemical oxygen-iodine laser

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