loading coil

noun

, Electricity.

1. an inductance coil used to improve the characteristics of a transmission line.

loading coil

noun

1. an inductance coil inserted at regular intervals and in series with the conductors of a transmission line in order to improve its characteristics

Word History and Origins

Origin of loading coil¹

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

That’s why your friends add a loading coil when they 121want to tune for the long wave-length stations, that is, those with a low frequency.

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Usually, therefore, one connects into his antenna circuit both a condenser and a loading coil.

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For quite a range of wave-lengths we may use the same loading coil and tune the antenna circuit entirely by this series condenser.

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For some other range of wave-lengths we shall then need a different loading coil.

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The calculation of the size of loading coil is quite easy but requires more arithmetic than I care to impose on you at present.

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