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Oct 24, 2012 · The IUD or 'coil ' is a small plastic (or plastic and copper) device, not much longer than a match, which is placed inside your womb, where it prevents you from getting pregnant.

The ignition coil transforms the battery’s voltage to a level that allows the spark plug to do its job. Older vehicles have a distributor, ignition coil, and spark plug wires. Most vehicles made after …

A coil is also anything having the shape of a series of circles, one above the other:

Coil, in an electric circuit, one or more turns, usually roughly circular or cylindrical, of current-carrying wire designed to produce a magnetic field or to provide electrical resistance or …

Coil definition: a connected series of spirals or rings that rope, wire, or the like has been formed into.. See examples of COIL used in a sentence.

1. to wind into continuous rings one above the other or one around the other. 2. to gather (rope, wire, etc.) into loops: Coil the garden hose and hang it up.

In a vehicle, the coil is the part on a petrol engine that sends electricity to the spark plugs.

Oct 26, 2023 · When an electric current passes through a coil, it creates a magnetic field around the coil. Likewise, when a magnetic field interacts with a coil, it induces an electric current in …

There are many different types of coils used in electric and electronic equipment. In a coil of multiple turns of wire the magnetic field of the turns adds in the center of the coil, creating a …