Coil in a sentence as a noun

In the real world when we need to slow down light we still just use delay coils.

The problem is that the coil is fastened to the cone, and so moves with it.

The clock has had it's coil rewound to work at 9vac.> No changes to the movement - no altered wheelwork.

The more accurate way to view Facebook is as a powerful coil that can spring in multiple directions.

Coil in a sentence as a verb

But the PF reactor is a pulsed device, with a tiny coil size: it doesn't make many neutrons, and it produces them for seconds at a time.

Some suggest that they will simply be dropped overboard and their luggage thrown after them, while others maintain that a coil of greased rope for the purposes of descent will be carried on each and every machine.

An induction stove uses electromagnetism to heat a ferromagnetic cooking device positioned above a coil.

Example for a simple "virtual relay" controlled light switch taht turns two separate circuits on and off in a ladder: bob relays\n 0 switch inports\n 1 light1 2 light2 outports\n switch inport \n bob coil \n ladder\n bob contact \n begin\n light1 outport\n light2 outport\n logical-and\n ladder\n plc\n\nWas awesome.

Coil definitions

noun

a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops; "a coil of rope"

See also: spiral volute whorl helix

noun

a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)

See also: whorl roll curl curlicue ringlet gyre scroll

noun

a transformer that supplies high voltage to spark plugs in a gasoline engine

noun

a contraceptive device placed inside a woman's womb

noun

tubing that is wound in a spiral

noun

reactor consisting of a spiral of insulated wire that introduces inductance into a circuit

verb

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"

See also: gyrate spiral

verb

make without a potter's wheel; "This famous potter hand-builds all of her vessels"

See also: handbuild hand-build

verb

wind around something in coils or loops

See also: loop curl