the Week of Proper 26 / Ordinary 31
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Winding
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wind
(2):
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wind
(3):
(n.) 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.
(4):
(n.) A call by the boatswain's whistle.
(5):
(a.) Twisting from a direct line or an even surface; circuitous.
(6):
(n.) A turn or turning; a bend; a curve; flexure; meander; as, the windings of a road or stream.
(7):
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wind
(8):
(n.) The material, as wire or rope, wound or coiled about anything, or a single round or turn of the material;
(9):
(n.) 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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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Winding'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​w/winding.html. 1828.