English noun: primary coil | |||
| 1. | primary coil (artifact) coil forming the part of an electrical circuit such that changing current in it induces a current in a neighboring circuit | ||
| Samples | Current through the primary coil induces current in the secondary coil. | ||
| Synonyms | primary, primary winding | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | coil | ||
| Part meronym | transformer | ||