WINDING
\wˈa͡ɪndɪŋ], \wˈaɪndɪŋ], \w_ˈaɪ_n_d_ɪ_ŋ]\
Definitions of WINDING
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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of a path e.g.; "meandering streams"; "rambling forest paths"; "the river followed its wandering course"; "a winding country road"
By Princeton University
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of a path e.g.; "meandering streams"; "rambling forest paths"; "the river followed its wandering course"; "a winding country road"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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a series winding, or one in which the armature coil, the field-magnet coil, and the external circuit form a continuous conductor; a shunt winding, or one of such a character that the armature current is divided, a portion of the current being led around the field-magnet coils.
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A call by the boatswain's whistle.
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Twisting from a direct line or an even surface; circuitous.
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A turn or turning; a bend; a curve; flexure; meander; as, the windings of a road or stream.
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A line- or ribbon-shaped material (as wire, string, or bandaging) wound around an object; as, the windings (conducting wires) wound around the armature of an electric motor or generator.
By Oddity Software
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a series winding, or one in which the armature coil, the field-magnet coil, and the external circuit form a continuous conductor; a shunt winding, or one of such a character that the armature current is divided, a portion of the current being led around the field-magnet coils.
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A call by the boatswain's whistle.
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Twisting from a direct line or an even surface; circuitous.
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A turn or turning; a bend; a curve; flexure; meander; as, the windings of a road or stream.
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A line- or ribbon-shaped material (as wire, string, or bandaging) wound around an object; as, the windings (conducting wires) wound around the armature of an electric motor or generator.
By Noah Webster.
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
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