Coil
noun
A series of loops.
She has a coil of rope in her garage
Often appears as...
- coil of wire
- coil of rope
verb
To arrange or wind something in a joined sequence of concentric circles or rings.
He coiled the rope around his arm
Often appears as...
- coil around
- coil up
noun
An intrauterine device in a spiral shape for the control of fertility.
She decided to get a coil fitted for birth control
Often appears as...
- fit a coil
- remove a coil
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Technical
noun
A device consisting of a series of windings of wire around a core (as in transformers or the armature of a motor) to generate magnetic fields or electric currents.
The transformer has a primary and a secondary coil
Often appears as...
- primary coil
- secondary coil
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Technical
noun
A series of loops.
She has a coil of rope in her garage
Often appears as...
- coil of wire
- coil of rope
verb
To arrange or wind something in a joined sequence of concentric circles or rings.
He coiled the rope around his arm
Often appears as...
- coil around
- coil up
noun
An intrauterine device in a spiral shape for the control of fertility.
She decided to get a coil fitted for birth control
Often appears as...
- fit a coil
- remove a coil
Usage tips
Neutral
Technical
noun
A device consisting of a series of windings of wire around a core (as in transformers or the armature of a motor) to generate magnetic fields or electric currents.
The transformer has a primary and a secondary coil
Often appears as...
- primary coil
- secondary coil
Usage tips
Neutral
Technical
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Objects
Used to describe physical items that can be literally wound or looped.
The farmer stored the coil of hay in the barn.
Pro Tip 2/2Often Tangible
Refers to something you can touch, not a concept or idea.
The snake formed a tight coil on the ground.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Objects
Used to describe physical items that can be literally wound or looped.
The farmer stored the coil of hay in the barn.
Pro Tip 2/2Often Tangible
Refers to something you can touch, not a concept or idea.
The snake formed a tight coil on the ground.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Objects
Used to describe physical items that can be literally wound or looped.
The farmer stored the coil of hay in the barn.
Pro Tip 2/2Often Tangible
Refers to something you can touch, not a concept or idea.
The snake formed a tight coil on the ground.
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Arthur Potts Dawson: A...
and that's softly moving that air current through the room. Very advanced, no air-conditioning -- I love it. In the canal, which is just outside the restaurant, there is hundreds of meters of coil piping. This takes the temperature of the canal and turns it into this four-degrees of heat exchange.
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Why are human bodies...
to snail species whose shells' always coil in the same direction. Some species of beans only climb up their trellises clockwise, others, only counterclockwise, and even though the human body looks pretty symmetrical on the outside, it's a different story on the inside.
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The Science of a...
and that's really really important because it enables the cheetah to maximize the stride length keep by bunching and coiling that a spine alone it's able to expand this incredible stride rate which you see look at his back watch the back it's down now watch when
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Shifting the visual...
layer of skin that protects you the cells are patterned like a nice cobblestone road okay they're all the same shape and size and they're regularly spaced whereas in the egg crime gland that provides sweat the cells are shaped in this kind of coiling
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What is epigenetics? -...
or causing the DNA to coil more tightly, making it inaccessible. The gene is still there, but it's silent. Boosting transcription is essentially the opposite. Some chemical tags will unwind the DNA, making it easier to transcribe,
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Can you solve the death...
Answer in 1 The most important thing to remember here is that even if we know that one thing causes another, the converse is not necessarily true. For example, this panic switch shuts off the coil runner’s engine.
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Jellyfish predate...
The jellyfish's sting, which helps it capture prey and defend itself, is its most infamous calling card. In the jelly's epidermis, cells called nematocysts lie coiled like poisonous harpoons.
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Can Magnets Scramble...
let's give it a go all right no now I'm slightly relieved my date is still intact but in the interest of science I'm gonna give the magnet a bit of a boost by wrapping a coil of wire around
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These Sticky Traps Are...
once an insect becomes stuck nearby glandular hairs coil around and smother their prey the plant then releases enzymes which aid the slow digestion of its victim
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Deadly Venomous Viper PIPE...
once locked onto a scent the ambush hunter settles into place and waits hanging motionless coiled in a characteristic S shape ready to pounce
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Arthur Potts Dawson: A...
and that's softly moving that air current through the room. Very advanced, no air-conditioning -- I love it. In the canal, which is just outside the restaurant, there is hundreds of meters of coil piping. This takes the temperature of the canal and turns it into this four-degrees of heat exchange.
Video examples
Why are human bodies...
to snail species whose shells' always coil in the same direction. Some species of beans only climb up their trellises clockwise, others, only counterclockwise, and even though the human body looks pretty symmetrical on the outside, it's a different story on the inside.
Video examples
The Science of a...
and that's really really important because it enables the cheetah to maximize the stride length keep by bunching and coiling that a spine alone it's able to expand this incredible stride rate which you see look at his back watch the back it's down now watch when
Video examples
Shifting the visual...
layer of skin that protects you the cells are patterned like a nice cobblestone road okay they're all the same shape and size and they're regularly spaced whereas in the egg crime gland that provides sweat the cells are shaped in this kind of coiling
Video examples
What is epigenetics? -...
or causing the DNA to coil more tightly, making it inaccessible. The gene is still there, but it's silent. Boosting transcription is essentially the opposite. Some chemical tags will unwind the DNA, making it easier to transcribe,
Video examples
Can you solve the death...
Answer in 1 The most important thing to remember here is that even if we know that one thing causes another, the converse is not necessarily true. For example, this panic switch shuts off the coil runner’s engine.
Video examples
Jellyfish predate...
The jellyfish's sting, which helps it capture prey and defend itself, is its most infamous calling card. In the jelly's epidermis, cells called nematocysts lie coiled like poisonous harpoons.
Video examples
Can Magnets Scramble...
let's give it a go all right no now I'm slightly relieved my date is still intact but in the interest of science I'm gonna give the magnet a bit of a boost by wrapping a coil of wire around
Video examples
These Sticky Traps Are...
once an insect becomes stuck nearby glandular hairs coil around and smother their prey the plant then releases enzymes which aid the slow digestion of its victim
Video examples
Deadly Venomous Viper PIPE...
once locked onto a scent the ambush hunter settles into place and waits hanging motionless coiled in a characteristic S shape ready to pounce
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Adrienne C. Moore
American Actress
I remember going through that process of growing my hair out, straightening it, cutting off the relaxed hair. I finally got to a point where I went to the Dominicans because they can straighten it real good. By the end of the day, the part of my hair that had just been pressed straight was already starting to coil back up.
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Nikola Tesla
Inventor
We wind a simple ring of iron with coils; we establish the connections to the generator, and with wonder and delight we note the effects of strange forces which we bring into play, which allow us to transform, to transmit and direct energy at will.
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David Johansen
American Musician
Sometimes I've found that by getting into a certain drag, or a certain feeling, you can cast off your mortal coil and really do something. I don't know if it's important, but it's something. It's entertainment.
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Douglas Rushkoff
American Journalist
Your next SMS will probably be around longer, and remain more legible, than your tombstone. For, unlike your tombstone or even your mortal coil, your texts may be worth something.
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Paul Weller
English Musician
I want to hear as much music as I possibly can before I leave this mortal coil but it's impossible to hear it all because there's so much of it.
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George Packer
American Novelist
No-one can say when the unwinding began, when the coil that held America together in its secure and sometime shifting grip first gave way.
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Uri Geller
Israeli Entertainer
I was sued by a woman who claimed that she became pregnant because she watched me on television and I bent her contraceptive coil.
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Kary Mullis
American Scientist
Natural DNA is a tractless coil, like an unwound and tangled audiotape on the floor of the car in the dark.
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Ellen Wilkinson
English Politician
But my eyes were riveted on a small slim woman her hair simply coiled into her neck, Katherine Glasier.
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Teri Garr
American Actress
They drilled a hole in my head and wrapped a coil around my brain so it wouldn't bleed anymore.
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Adrienne C. Moore
American Actress
I remember going through that process of growing my hair out, straightening it, cutting off the relaxed hair. I finally got to a point where I went to the Dominicans because they can straighten it real good. By the end of the day, the part of my hair that had just been pressed straight was already starting to coil back up.
Quote examples
Nikola Tesla
Inventor
We wind a simple ring of iron with coils; we establish the connections to the generator, and with wonder and delight we note the effects of strange forces which we bring into play, which allow us to transform, to transmit and direct energy at will.
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David Johansen
American Musician
Sometimes I've found that by getting into a certain drag, or a certain feeling, you can cast off your mortal coil and really do something. I don't know if it's important, but it's something. It's entertainment.
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Douglas Rushkoff
American Journalist
Your next SMS will probably be around longer, and remain more legible, than your tombstone. For, unlike your tombstone or even your mortal coil, your texts may be worth something.
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Paul Weller
English Musician
I want to hear as much music as I possibly can before I leave this mortal coil but it's impossible to hear it all because there's so much of it.
Quote examples
George Packer
American Novelist
No-one can say when the unwinding began, when the coil that held America together in its secure and sometime shifting grip first gave way.
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Uri Geller
Israeli Entertainer
I was sued by a woman who claimed that she became pregnant because she watched me on television and I bent her contraceptive coil.
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Kary Mullis
American Scientist
Natural DNA is a tractless coil, like an unwound and tangled audiotape on the floor of the car in the dark.
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Ellen Wilkinson
English Politician
But my eyes were riveted on a small slim woman her hair simply coiled into her neck, Katherine Glasier.
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Teri Garr
American Actress
They drilled a hole in my head and wrapped a coil around my brain so it wouldn't bleed anymore.
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