SOLENOID

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does solenoid mean? 

• SOLENOID (noun)
  The noun SOLENOID has 1 sense:

1. a coil of wire around an iron core; becomes a magnet when current passes through the coil

  Familiarity information: SOLENOID used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SOLENOID (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A coil of wire around an iron core; becomes a magnet when current passes through the coil

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("solenoid" is a kind of...):

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

magnet ((physics) a device that attracts iron and produces a magnetic field)

 Context examples 

A coil consisting of a conducting material such as that in a solenoid.

(Conductor Coil Device Component, NCI Thesaurus)