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noun Electricity.

a coil of many turns of insulated wire on an iron core, used for producing sparks.

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Origin of spark coil

First recorded in 1895–1900

Words nearby spark coil

sparing action, sparingly, spark, spark arrester, spark chamber, spark coil, sparker, spark erosion, spark gap, spark generator, sparkie

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How to use spark coil in a sentence

I love seeing memes take off and spark mutations and parodies and homages.
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Our inner cities are stacks of dry leaves and lumber, waiting for a spark.
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Then, it was the arrest of a popular leader named Mullah Kareem without just cause that provided the spark.
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You refer to a car accident you were in as a kind of spark for you to get back into acting.
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Their aim was to make beautiful art—and hopefully spark a conversation.
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Very trim and strong, and confident he looked, with the glow of youth in his cheeks, and the spark of happiness in his gray eyes.
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If ever a spark of feeling for her husband arose within Maude's heart, it was when she thought of Anne Ashton.
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Over this spot he twisted all the remaining hair into a coil about four inches long, pointing slightly forward like a horn.
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No matter what Jessie did to the tuning coil she could not bring that strangely broadcasted message back to their ears.
The Campfire Girls of Roselawn|Margaret Penrose
We passed beyond spark-range and splashed out on a sand-bar that jutted from the southern bank.
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British Dictionary definitions for spark coil

spark coil

noun

an induction coil used to produce spark discharges

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Scientific definitions for spark coil

spark coil

An induction coil used to induce sparks in the spark plugs of an internal combustion engine. See more at induction coil.