May 26, 2026 · The IUD or 'coil ' is a small plastic (or plastic and copper) device, not much longer than a match, which is placed inside your womb, where it prevents you from getting pregnant.

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A coil of rope lay on the beach. A coil of thick blue smoke rose up from his pipe.

1. to wind into continuous rings one above the other or one around the other. 2. to gather (rope, wire, etc.) into loops: Coil the garden hose and hang it up.

Coil, in an electric circuit, one or more turns, usually roughly circular or cylindrical, of current-carrying wire designed to produce a magnetic field or to provide electrical resistance or inductance; in the …

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Sep 7, 2025 · Short for electromagnetic coil, a coil is conducting wire such as copper shaped in a helical form around an iron core. The coil creates an inductor or electromagnet to store magnetic energy.