coil
pronunciation
How to pronounce coil in British English:
UK [kɔɪl]
How to pronounce coil in American English:
US [kɔɪl]
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- Noun:
- a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops
- a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles
- 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
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- Verb:
- to wind or move in a spiral course
- make without a potter's wheel
- wind around something in coils or loops
Word Origin
- coil
- coil: [16] Ultimately, coil, cull, and collect are the same word. All come from Latin colligere ‘gather together’. Its past participial stem produced collect, but the infinitive form passed into Old French as coillir, culler, etc, and thence into English. In the case of coil, its original general sense ‘gather, collect’ (of which there is no trace in English) was specialized, no doubt originally in nautical use, to the gathering up of ropes into tidy shapes (concentric rings) for stowage.=> collect, cull
- coil (v.)
- "to wind," 1610s, from Middle French coillir "to gather, pick," from Latin colligere "to gather together" (see collect). Meaning specialized perhaps in nautical usage. Related: Coiled; coiling.
- coil (n.)
- 1620s, from coil (v.). Related: Coils.
Example
- 1. The coil type and steel gauge are much more important .
- 2. The coil converts the current into a powerful magnetic field .
- 3. Posco has raised its benchmark hot-rolled coil prices by more than 60 per cent this year to cover higher raw material costs .
- 4. Coil counts don 't matter unless that is the only difference between two beds .
- 5. The team is looking at other materials to decrease coil size and boost efficiency .