About The Word Winding
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Winding
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What's The Definition Of Winding?
[n] the act of winding or twisting; "he put the key in the old clock and gave it a good wind"
[adj] of a path e.g.; "meandering streams"; "rambling forest paths"; "the river followed its wandering course"; "a winding country road" [adj] marked by repeated turns and bends; "a tortuous road up the mountain"; "winding roads are full of surprises"; "had to steer the car down a twisty track" Synonyms | Synonyms for Winding: crooked | indirect | meandering(a) | rambling | tortuous | twist | twisting | twisty | wandering(a) | wind Related Terms | Find terms related to Winding: See Also | rotation Winding In Webster's Dictionary \Wind"ing\, n.
The material, as wire or rope, wound or coiled about
anything, or a single round or turn of the material; as
(Elec.), 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.
\Wind"ing\, n. [From {Wind} to blow.] (Naut.) A call by the boatswain's whistle. \Wind"ing\, a. [From {Wind} to twist.] Twisting from a direct line or an even surface; circuitous. --Keble. \Wind"ing\, n. A turn or turning; a bend; a curve; flexure; meander; as, the windings of a road or stream. To nurse the saplings tall, and curl the grove With ringlets quaint, and wanton windings wove. --Milton. {Winding engine}, an engine employed in mining to draw up buckets from a deep pit; a hoisting engine. {Winding sheet}, a sheet in which a corpse is wound or wrapped. {Winding tackle} (Naut.), a tackle consisting of a fixed triple block, and a double or triple movable block, used for hoisting heavy articles in or out of a vessel. --Totten. |
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