The pattern or motion of something that coils. / The process of fitting a ship with electromagnetic coils, so that it can be degaussed while travelling.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of coil

plural of coil

plural of coiling

plural of Helmholtz coil

(dated, electronics) A small coil in series with the anode of a vacuum tube and coupled to the grid to provide feedback.

plural of blowout coil

(electronics) A coil of wire attached to the apex of the cone of a loudspeaker that provides the motive force to the cone by the reaction of a magnetic field to the current passing through it.

(idiomatic, transitive, intransitive) to make, or become, coiled

Synonym of spark coil