Coil

  • 11Coil — Coil, n. [Of Celtic origin; cf. Gael. goil fume, rage.] A noise, tumult, bustle, or confusion. [Obs.] Shak. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 12coil — [n] thread that curls bight, braid, circle, convolution, corkscrew, curlicue, gyration, helix, involution, lap, loop, ring, roll, scroll, spiral, tendril, turn, twine, twirl, twist, whorl, wind; concept 436 coil [v] curl around, entwine convolute …

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  • 13coil — coil. См. спираль. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …

    Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

  • 14Coil — Coil. См. Обмотка. (Источник: «Металлы и сплавы. Справочник.» Под редакцией Ю.П. Солнцева; НПО Профессионал , НПО Мир и семья ; Санкт Петербург, 2003 г.) …

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  • 15coil — s.m.inv. ES ingl. {{wmetafile0}} TS tecn. spirale di filo conduttore isolato su una spola o altra struttura usata spec. per produrre effetti elettromagnetici o come resistenza {{line}} {{/line}} DATA: sec. XX. ETIMO: prob. der. del fr. ant.… …

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  • 16coil — (v.) to wind, 1610s, from M.Fr. coillir to gather, pick, from L. colligere to gather together (see COLLECT (Cf. collect)). Meaning specialized perhaps in nautical usage. The noun is recorded from 1620s …

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  • 17coil — vb *wind, curl, twist, twine, wreathe, entwine Analogous words: *turn, revolve, rotate, circle …

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  • 18coil — A roll of postage stamps (usually in quantities of 100, 500, 3,000, or 10,000) …

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  • 19coil — coil1 [koil] vt. [ME coilen, to select, cull < OFr coillir, to gather, pick < L colligere, to gather together: see COLLECT2] to wind or gather (rope, a hose, etc.) into a circular or spiral form vi. 1. to wind around and around 2. to move… …

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  • 20coil|er — «KOY luhr», noun. 1. a person or thing that coils. 2. a workman who attends a machine that winds finished products in coils or on bobbins or drums. 3. an apparatus, connected with a carding machine, in textile manufacturing, for receiving the… …

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