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.

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A coil of rope lay on the beach. A coil of thick blue smoke rose up from his pipe.

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.

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 …

Definition of coil noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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 …

A coil is a twisted tube for carrying a fluid, which is used inside a vessel but has entry and exit points outside the vessel.