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coil1

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–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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–noun

1.	a noisy disturbance; commotion; tumult.

2.	trouble; bustle; ado.

[Origin: 1560–70; orig. uncert.

]

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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.
A spiral pipe or series of spiral pipes, as in a radiator.
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.
A roll of postage stamps prepared for use in a vending machine.

v. coiled, coil·ing, coils

v. tr.

To wind in concentric rings or spirals.
To wind into a shape resembling a coil.

v. intr.

To form concentric rings or spirals.
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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coil² Audio Help (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 [koil] verb

to wind into loops
Example: The snake coiled (itself) round the tree.

Arabic:	يَلْتَف عَلى
Chinese (Simplified):	盘绕
Chinese (Traditional):	盤繞
Czech:	ovinout se
Danish:	sno
Dutch:	kronkelen
Estonian:	kerima
Finnish:	kiertää, kiertyä
French:	enrouler
German:	(sich) winden
Greek:	κουλουριάζω, κουλουριάζομαι
Hungarian:	felteker
Icelandic:	vefja
Indonesian:	menggulung
Italian:	attorcigliarsi

Japanese:	ぐるぐる巻く
Korean:	돌돌 감다
Latvian:	satīt; saritināt; saritināties
Lithuanian:	vynioti(s)
Norwegian:	kveile, rulle, vikle (opp)
Polish:	owijać
Portuguese (Brazil):	enrolar
Portuguese (Portugal):	enroscar-se
Romanian:	a (se) înfăşura
Russian:	свёртываться кольцом
Slovak:	ovinúť (sa)
Slovenian:	ovijati (se)
Spanish:	enroscarse
Swedish:	ringla (slingra) sig
Turkish:	çöreklenmek

coil1 [koil] noun

a length of something wound into a loop or loops
Example: a coil of rope; a coil of hair

Arabic:	لَفّـه، إلْتِفاف
Chinese (Simplified):	（一）卷
Chinese (Traditional):	(一)卷
Czech:	role, kotouč; svitek
Danish:	rulle; ring
Dutch:	tros, vlecht
Estonian:	kera, kihar
Finnish:	kerä, kiehkura
French:	rouleau
German:	die Rolle, die Locke
Greek:	σπείρα, κουλούρα
Hungarian:	tekercs
Icelandic:	vafningur
Indonesian:	gulungan
Italian:	rotolo; crocchia

Japanese:	１巻き
Korean:	한 타래
Latvian:	ritulis; tinums
Lithuanian:	vija, garbana
Norwegian:	kveil, ring, spiral
Polish:	zwój, lok
Portuguese (Brazil):	rolo
Portuguese (Portugal):	rolo
Romanian:	rulou; buclă
Russian:	виток; локон
Slovak:	závit, prstenec
Slovenian:	zvitek
Spanish:	rollo
Swedish:	slinga, ring, lock
Turkish:	bukle, halka

coil2 [koil] noun

a wound length of wire for conducting electricity
Example: the coil in an electric fire

Arabic:	مِلَف،سِلْك مَعْدَني
Chinese (Simplified):	线圈
Chinese (Traditional):	線圈
Czech:	cívka
Danish:	spiral
Dutch:	spoel
Estonian:	pool
Finnish:	kääma
French:	bobine
German:	die Spule
Greek:	πηνίο
Hungarian:	tekercs(elés)
Icelandic:	spóla; kefli; spírall
Indonesian:	kumparan listrik
Italian:	bobina

Japanese:	コイル
Korean:	코일
Latvian:	spole
Lithuanian:	spiralė, ritė
Norwegian:	spole
Polish:	spirala, cewka
Portuguese (Brazil):	bobina
Portuguese (Portugal):	bobina
Romanian:	bobină
Russian:	спираль
Slovak:	cievka
Slovenian:	tuljava
Spanish:	bobina
Swedish:	spole, induktionsrulle
Turkish:	elektrik teli

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coil

See triangle.

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Coil

Ac*coil"\, v. t. [OE. acoillir to receive, F. accueillir; L. ad + colligere to collect. See Coil.]

1. To gather together; to collect. [Obs.] --Spenser.

2. (Naut.) To coil together. --Ham. Nav. Encyc.

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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
chemical oxygen-iodine laser

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