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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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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coiled

adjective
curled or wound (especially in concentric rings or spirals); "a coiled snake ready to strike"; "the rope lay coiled on the deck" [ant: straight] 

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
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