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Solenoid

noun
1.
A coil of wire around an iron core; becomes a magnet when current passes through the coil.






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"Solenoid" Quotes from Famous Books



... its north and south poles at the extremities. If a rod or core of soft iron I be suspended by fibres from a support, it will be sucked towards the middle of the coil as into a vortex, by the circular magnetic lines of every spire or turn of the coil. Such a combination is sometimes called a solenoid, and is useful ...
— The Story Of Electricity • John Munro



Words linked to "Solenoid" :   magnet, coil



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