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coil
English
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /k??l/
- Rhymes: -??l
Etymology 1
From Middle French coillir (“to gather, pluck, pick, cull”) (French: cueillir), from Latin colligo (“to gather together”), past participle collectus, from com- (“together”) + lego (“to gather”); compare legend. Doublet of cull.
Noun
coil (plural coils)
- Something wound in the form of a helix or spiral.
- The wild grapevines that twisted their coils or tendrils from tree to tree.
- Any intrauterine device (Abbreviation: IUD)—the first IUDs were coil-shaped.
- (electrical) A coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow.
- Synonym: inductor
- (figuratively) Entanglement; perplexity.
Derived terms
Descendants
- ? Japanese: ??? (koiru)
Translations
Verb
coil (third-person singular simple present coils, present participle coiling, simple past and past participle coiled)
- To wind or reel e.g. a wire or rope into regular rings, often around a centerpiece.
- To wind into loops (roughly) around a common center.
- To wind cylindrically or spirally.
- (obsolete, rare) To encircle and hold with, or as if with, coils.
- a. 1757, Thomas Edwards, sonnet to Mr. Nathanael Mason
- Pleasure coil thee in her dangerous snare
- a. 1757, Thomas Edwards, sonnet to Mr. Nathanael Mason
Translations
Etymology 2
Origin unknown.
Noun
coil (plural coils)
- (now obsolete except in phrases) A noise, tumult, bustle, or turmoil.
- a. 1738, Thomas Urquhart, Peter Anthony Motteux, and John Ozell (translators), François Rabelais, Gargantua and Pantagruel
- And when he saw that all the dogs were flocking about her, yarring at the retardment of their access to her, and every way keeping such a coil with her as they are wont to do about a proud or salt bitch, he forthwith departed […]
- 1594, William Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus, Act III:
- If the windes rage, doth not the Sea wax mad, / Threatning the welkin with his big-swolne face? / And wilt thou haue a reason for this coile?
- 1624, John Smith, Generall Historie, in Kupperman 1988, p. 162:
- this great Savage desired also to see him. A great coyle there was to set him forward.
- a. 1738, Thomas Urquhart, Peter Anthony Motteux, and John Ozell (translators), François Rabelais, Gargantua and Pantagruel
Derived terms
- mortal coil
Translations
Further reading
- coil in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- coil in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- Clio, coli, loci
Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [k?l?]
Noun 1
coil m
- vocative/genitive singular of col (“prohibition; sin, lust; violation; dislike; incest; relation, relationship”)
Noun 2
coil m
- inflection of col (“col”):
- vocative/genitive singular
- nominative/dative plural
Mutation
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aperture
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin apert?ra (“opening”), from apertus, past participle of aper?re (“to open, uncover”), opposed to oper?re (“to close, cover”). See aperient. Doublet of overture.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?æp.?.t??(?)/, /?æp.?.tj??(?)/
- (US) IPA(key): /?æp.?.t??/
- Hyphenation: ap?er?ture
Noun
aperture (plural apertures)
- A small or narrow opening, gap, slit, or hole.
- 1860, Samuel Hannaford, Sea and River-side Rambles in Victoria Chapter 7
- In the centre of the fleshy membrane is an aperture leading into a deep cavity, at the bottom of which is placed a prominent piston that may be retracted by muscular fibres provided for the purpose.
- 1860, Samuel Hannaford, Sea and River-side Rambles in Victoria Chapter 7
- (optics) Something which restricts the diameter of the light path through one plane in an optical system.
- (astronomy, photography) The diameter of the aperture (in the sense above) which restricts the width of the light path through the whole system. For a telescope, this is the diameter of the objective lens.
- (spaceflight, communication) The (typically) large-diameter antenna used for receiving and transmitting radio frequency energy containing the data used in communication satellites, especially in the geostationary belt. For a comsat, this is typically a large reflective dish antenna; sometimes called an array.
- (mathematics, rare, of a right circular cone) The maximum angle between the two generatrices.
- If the generatrix makes an angle ? to the axis, then the aperture is 2?.
Usage notes
The aperture of microscopes is often expressed in degrees, called also the angular aperture, which signifies the angular breadth of the pencil of light which the instrument transmits from the object or point viewed; as, a microscope of 100° aperture.
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Further reading
- aperture in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- aperture in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin apert?ra (“opening”). Doublet of ouverture.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.p??.ty?/
Noun
aperture f (uncountable)
- (phonetics, phonology) opening, openness, aperture
Related terms
- apéritif
- ouvrir
Further reading
- “aperture” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ure
Noun
aperture f
- plural of apertura
Anagrams
- reputare
- reputerà
Latin
Participle
apert?re
- vocative masculine singular of apert?rus
Spanish
Verb
aperture
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of aperturar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of aperturar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of aperturar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of aperturar.
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