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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. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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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. "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. 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. |
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