Metal vs Coil - What's the difference?
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(lb) Chemical elements or alloys, and the mines where their ores come from.
#Any of a number of chemical elements in the periodic table that form a metallic bond with other metal atoms; generally shiny, somewhat malleable and hard, often a conductor of heat and electricity.
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#*:But then I had the flintlock by me for protection. ¶ There were giants in the days when that gun was made; for surely no modern mortal could have held that mass of metal steady to his shoulder. The linen-press and a chest on the top of it formed, however, a very good gun-carriage; and, thus mounted, aim could be taken out of the window.
#(lb) Any element other than hydrogen and helium,Majewski, S. R. (2003, 2006).
#Crushed rock, stones etc. used to make a road.
#(lb) The ore from which a metal is derived.
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#(lb) A mine from which ores are taken.
#*(Jeremy Taylor) (1613–1677)
#*:slavesand persons condemned to metals
(lb) A light tincture used in a coat of arms, specifically argent and or.
Molten glass that is to be blown or moulded to form objects.
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(lb) A category of rock music encompassing a number of genres (including thrash metal, death metal, heavy metal, etc.) characterized by strong, fast drum-beats and distorted guitars.
(lb) The substance that constitutes something or someone; matter; hence, character or temper; mettle.
*1599 , (William Shakespeare), (Much Ado About Nothing) , :
*:LEONATO. Well, niece, I hope to see you one day fitted with a husband.
*:BEATRICE. Not till God make men of some other metal than earth. Would it not grieve a woman to be over-mastered with a piece of valiant dust?
The effective power or calibre of guns carried by a vessel of war.
The rails of a railway.
The actual airline operating a flight, rather than any of the codeshare operators.
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(music) Characterized by strong, fast drum-beats and distorted guitars.
Having the emotional or social characteristics associated with metal music; brash, bold, frank, unyielding, etc.
To make a road using crushed rock, stones etc.
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Something wound in the form of a helix or spiral.
* Washington Irving
Any intra-uterine contraceptive device (Abbreviation: IUD )—the first IUDs were coil-shaped.
(electrical) A coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow.
(figurative) Entanglement; perplexity.
To wind or reel e.g. a wire or rope into regular rings, often around a centerpiece.
To wind into loops (roughly) around a common center.
To wind cylindrically or spirally.
(obsolete, rare) To encircle and hold with, or as if with, coils.
A noise, tumult, bustle, or turmoil.
* 1594 , William Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus , Act III:
* 1624 , John Smith, Generall Historie , in Kupperman 1988, p. 162:
* 1704 , Jonathan Swift, A Tale of a Tub :
As nouns the difference between metal and coil
is that metal is heavy metal (music) while coil is something wound in the form of a helix or spiral or coil can be a noise, tumult, bustle, or turmoil.As a verb coil is
to wind or reel eg a wire or rope into regular rings, often around a centerpiece.metal
English
(wikipedia metal)Noun
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Antonyms
* (any of a number of chemical elements in the periodic table that form a metallic bond with other metal atoms) nonmetalDerived terms
* death metal * heavy metal * metalcore * metallic * metallo- * metalware * noble metal * [[nu metal], /nu-metal * pot metal * power metal * thrash metal * transition metalReferences
Adjective
(en adjective)Verb
(metall)coil
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) ; compare legend.Noun
(en noun)- the sinuous coils of a snake
- The wild grapevines that twisted their coils from tree to tree.
Synonyms
* (coil of conductive wire) inductorDerived terms
* coil spring * impedance coil * mosquito coil * Oudin coil * Tesla coilVerb
(en verb)- A simple transformer can be made by coiling two pieces of insulated copper wire around an iron heart.
- The sailor coiled the free end of the hawser on the pier.
- to coil a rope when not in use
- The snake coiled itself before springing.
Etymology 2
Origin unknown.Noun
(en noun)- If the windes rage, doth not the Sea wax mad, / Threatning the welkin with his big-swolne face? / And wilt thou haue a reason for this coile ?
- this great Savage desired also to see him. A great coyle there was to set him forward.
- they continued so extremely fond of gold, that if Peter sent them abroad, though it were only upon a compliment, they would roar, and spit, and belch, and piss, and f—t, and snivel out fire, and keep a perpetual coil , till you flung them a bit of gold [...].
