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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 circuitplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


PRIMARY COIL (noun)


Sense 1

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; primary coil; primary winding

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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