field coil

American  

noun

Electricity.

1. a coil that generates a magnetic field when an electric current is passed through it: used in various electrical devices, as motors, generators, or electromagnets.

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Example Sentences

Clinicians have long tried to do just that by placing magnetic field coils near a patient’s head.

From Science Magazine

Contract compromises F4E is also encountering trouble on another key contract, for the giant poloidal field coils that will wrap around the girth of the machine.

From Scientific American

In a further method devised by Mr. Tesla, one or more auxiliary brushes are employed, by means of which a portion or the whole of the field coils is shunted.

From Project Gutenberg

The pole pieces are cylindrical in shape and are fitted with shoes which retain the field coils in place and assist commutation.

From Project Gutenberg

With the armature still off, connect the field coil directly to the dry cell.

From Project Gutenberg