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a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops; "a coil of rope" reactor consisting of a spiral of insulated wire that introduces inductance into a circuit tubing that is wound in a spiral a contraceptive device placed inside a woman''s womb a transformer that supplies high voltage to spark plugs in a gasoline engine a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles wind around something in coils or loops make without a potter''s wheel; "This famous potter hand-builds all of her vessels" 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" |
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