PRIMARY COIL

Pronunciation (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does primary coil mean? 

• PRIMARY COIL (noun)
  The noun PRIMARY COIL has 1 sense:

1. coil forming the part of an electrical circuit such that changing current in it induces a current in a neighboring circuit

  Familiarity information: PRIMARY COIL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PRIMARY COIL (noun)

Meaning:

Coil forming the part of an electrical circuit such that changing current in it induces a current in a neighboring circuit

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

primary coil; primary winding; primary

Context example:

current through the primary coil induces current in the secondary coil

Hypernyms ("primary coil" is a kind of...):

coil (reactor consisting of a spiral of insulated wire that introduces inductance into a circuit)

Holonyms ("primary coil" is a part of...):

transformer (an electrical device by which alternating current of one voltage is changed to another voltage)