central heating | a heating system in which air or water is heated at a central furnace and sent through the building via vents or pipes and radiators |
choke choke coil choking coil | a coil of low resistance and high inductance used in electrical circuits to pass direct current and attenuate alternating current |
coil spiral volute whorl helix | a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops, a coil of rope |
coil | reactor consisting of a spiral of insulated wire that introduces inductance into a circuit |
coil | tubing that is wound in a spiral |
coil | a contraceptive device placed inside a woman's womb |
coil | a transformer that supplies high voltage to spark plugs in a gasoline engine |
coil spring volute spring | a spring in the shape of a coil |
field coil field winding | the electric coil around a field magnet that produces the magneto motive force to set up the flux in an electric machine |
heating element | the component of a heater or range that transforms fuel or electricity into heat |
heating pad hot pad | heater consisting of electrical heating elements contained in a flexible pad |
heating system heating plant heating heat | utility to warm a building, the heating system wasn't working, they have radiant heating |
ignition coil | an induction coil that converts current from a battery into the high-voltage current required by spark plugs |
induction coil | a coil for producing a high voltage from a low-voltage source |
panel heating | heating system consisting of wall or floor or baseboard or ceiling panels containing electric conductors or heating pipes |
primary coil primary winding primary | coil forming the part of an electrical circuit such that changing current in it induces a current in a neighboring circuit, current through the primary coil induces current in the secondary coil |
rotor rotor coil | the rotating armature of a motor or generator |
secondary coil secondary winding secondary | coil such that current is induced in it by passing a current through the primary coil |
spark coil | an induction coil used to create sparks |
stator stator coil | mechanical device consisting of the stationary part of a motor or generator in or around which the rotor revolves |
steam heat steam heating | a heating system in which steam is generated in boilers and piped to radiators |
Tesla coil | a step-up transformer with an air core, used to produce high voltages at high frequencies |
tickler coil | a small coil in series with the anode of a vacuum tube and coupled to the grid to provide feedback |
dielectric heating | heating of an insulator by a high-frequency electric field |
heating warming | the process of becoming warmer, a rising temperature |
induction heating | the heating of a conducting material caused by an electric current induced in it |
radiant heating | heating a building by radiation from panels containing hot water or electrical heaters |
coil whorl roll curl curlicue ringlet gyre scroll | a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals) |
fuel oil heating oil | a petroleum product used for fuel |
coil loop curl | wind around something in coils or loops |
handbuild hand-build coil | make without a potter's wheel, This famous potter hand-builds all of her vessels |
gyrate spiral coil | to wind or move in a spiral course, the muscles and nerves of his fine drawn body were coiling for action, black smoke coiling up into the sky, the young people gyrated on the dance floor |