An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics

A device consisting of a length of electrical wire wound in a spiral to provide magnetic field by → electromagnetic induction.

Etymology (EN): Maybe from M.E. cull, from M.Fr. culier, coillir “to gather,” from L. colligere “to bind together,” → collect.

Etymology (PE): Picé “a curled, a twisted figure or object,” from picidan “to twist, invove, enttwine, coil.”