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- Dictionarycoil/kɔɪl/
noun
- 1. a length of something wound in a joined sequence of concentric rings: "a coil of rope"
verb
- 1. arrange (something long and flexible) in a coil: "he began to coil up the heavy ropes"
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a length of rope, hair, or wire, arranged into a series of circles, one above or outside the other: A coil of rope lay on the beach. A coil of thick blue smoke rose up from his pipe. DonNichols/iStock/Getty Images Plus/GettyImages. electronics specialized. a twisted length of wire through which an electric current travels.
Coil definition: a connected series of spirals or rings that rope, wire, or the like has been formed into. See examples of COIL used in a sentence.
1. : to wind into rings or spirals. coil a rope. 2. : to roll or twist into a shape resembling a coil. coiled herself up on the couch. intransitive verb. 1. : to move in a circular or spiral course.
If you coil something, you wind it into a series of loops or into the shape of a ring. If it coils around something, it forms loops or a ring.
n. 1. a. A series of connected spirals or concentric rings formed by gathering or winding: a coil of rope; long coils of hair. b. An individual spiral or ring within such a series. 2. A spiral pipe or series of spiral pipes, as in a radiator. 3. Electricity. a.
COIL definition: 1. a long piece of wire, rope, etc curled into several circles: 2. to twist something into…. Learn more.
noun. /kɔɪl/ a series of circles formed by winding up a length of rope, wire, etc. The device consisted of a coil of copper wire, connected at either end to two electrodes. a coil of rope. Oxford Collocations Dictionary. Want to learn more?