spark coil

American  

noun

Electricity.

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

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spark coil British  

noun

1. an induction coil used to produce spark discharges

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Etymology

Origin of spark coil

First recorded in 1895–1900

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spark coil

The big brother took another degree, A. M. The young brother accepted his fortune and buckled down to work, for a shoe company, an optical company, the General Electric Co., a spark coil company.

From Time Magazine Archive

The operation of a transmitting set that uses an alternating current transformer, or power transformer, as it is sometimes called, is even more simple than one using a spark coil.

From The Radio Amateur's Hand Book by A. Frederick (Archie Frederick) Collins

I must brace up that tank and put in a new high-tension wire from the spark coil.

From Tom Swift and His Motor-Boat, or, the Rivals of Lake Carlopa by Victor [pseud.] Appleton

Don't try to operate your spark coil with 110-volt alternating lighting current without connecting in an electrolytic interrupter.

From The Radio Amateur's Hand Book by A. Frederick (Archie Frederick) Collins

He tinkered away industriously for a moment, and when I continued to stand there watching him, he inquired solemnly: "A hen has no spark coil, has it?"

From Hempfield A Novel by David Grayson