coiling

About 0.44 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb present participle and gerund of coil
2. noun The pattern or motion of something that coils.
3. noun The process of fitting a ship with electromagnetic coils, so that it can be degaussed while travelling.

Similar words

whorled turbinate voluted spiraling helical volute spiral sinistral dextral winding

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