solenoid
noun
an electric conductor wound as a helix with small pitch, or as two or more coaxial helices, so that current through the conductor establishes a magnetic field within the conductor.
solenoids
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pluralof solenoid.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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It makes solenoids - electromagnetic valves - used in everything from airplane hydraulics controls to air conditioning.
From Reuters ● Jul. 21, 2022
Certainly, the shift from cranks and solenoids and bits of small metal to remote, wireless contraptions isn’t only about science and technology.
From New York Times ● Nov. 25, 2021
We go around the telescope and then far below, to a realm of giant gears and, as Meneghini points out, “100-year-old solenoids and relays and wiring.”
From Washington Post ● Aug. 11, 2017
Everything else sold as it always had, but two smaller items - 12-volt solenoids and lawn mower bearings - stopped moving altogether a little over a year ago.
From Washington Times ● May 29, 2016
The solenoids, forty in all, were delivered the following morning.
From Membership Drive by Murray F. Yaco
