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INDUCTION COIL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A coil for producing a high voltage from a low-voltage source
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("induction coil" is a kind of...):
coil (reactor consisting of a spiral of insulated wire that introduces inductance into a circuit)
Meronyms (parts of "induction coil"):
spark gap (the gap between two high-potential terminals)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "induction coil"):
ignition coil (an induction coil that converts current from a battery into the high-voltage current required by spark plugs)
spark coil (an induction coil used to create sparks)
Holonyms ("induction coil" is a part of...):
transformer (an electrical device by which alternating current of one voltage is changed to another voltage)
