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winding

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winding [′wīnd·iŋ]
(electricity)
One or more turns of wire forming a continuous coil for a transformer, relay, rotating machine, or other electric device.
A conductive path, usually of wire, that is inductively coupled to a magnetic storage core or cell.
(materials)
A material that is wound or coiled around a cylindrical object such as a mandrel.
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On one side, the graceful winding of the waters stretched away, now visible, now hidden by trees, as far as the eye could see.
The Moonstone by Collins, Wilkie View in context
"Tirila, lirila," the sweet, clear notes went winding down the forest paths, coming back again from the more distant bosky shades in faint echoes of sound, "Tirila, lirila, tirila, lirila," until it faded away and was lost.
The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Pyle, Howard View in context
Ata's house stood about eight kilometres from the road that runs round the island, and you went to it along a winding pathway shaded by the luxuriant trees of the tropics.
Moon and Sixpence by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
 
 
 
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