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spark coil

noun

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


spark coil

noun

  1. an induction coil used to produce spark discharges
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of spark coil1

First recorded in 1895–1900
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Example Sentences

Nick Jr., the first in his family to receive a formal education, became fixated on electricity when he helped his godfather repair the spark coils on his Model T Ford.

This winding constitutes all of the magneto windings, no external spark coil being necessary.

She turned the fly wheel far enough to get the buzz of the spark coils.

With batteries and a spark coil, we can easily send that distance, certainly in this mountain atmosphere.

In wireless telegraphy, a spark coil sets up waves in the ether and other coils similarly "tuned," receive the waves anywhere in the universe.

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