- Look up
coil in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Coil or
COIL may
refer to: Helix, a
space curve that
winds around a line Spiral, a
curve that
winds around...
- A
coiled coil is a
structural motif in
proteins in
which two to
seven alpha-helices are
coiled together like the
strands of a rope. (Dimers and trimers...
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storage coils must be well made. — The
Ashley Book of
Knots The mountaineer's
coil (also
alpine coil, climber's
coil, lap
coil, or
standing coil) is a traditional...
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called "
coilers". They
attend "
coiling"
conventions where they
display their home-made
Tesla coils and
other high-voltage devices. Low-power
Tesla coils are...
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Coil were an
English experimental music group formed in 1982 in
London and
dissolved in 2005.
Initially envisioned as a solo
project by
musician John Balance...
- An
electromagnetic coil is an
electrical conductor such as a wire in the
shape of a
coil (spiral or helix).
Electromagnetic coils are used in electrical...
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circuit to
another circuit, or
multiple circuits. A
varying current in any
coil of the
transformer produces a
varying magnetic flux in the transformer's...
- An
ignition coil is used in the
ignition system of a spark-ignition
engine to
transform the
battery voltage to the much
higher voltages required to operate...
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Marshall coils, also
known as
encased coils or
encased springs (more
commonly known in
North America as
pocketed springs or
pocket coils), are component...
- A
Helmholtz coil is a
device for
producing a
region of
nearly uniform magnetic field,
named after the
German physicist Hermann von Helmholtz. It consists...