PRIMARY COIL
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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)
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