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Solenoid vs Solanoid - What's the difference?

solenoid | solanoid |

As a noun solenoid

is a coil of wire that acts as a magnet when an electric current flows through it.

As an adjective solanoid is

(medicine) resembling a potato; said of a kind of cancer.

solenoid

English

Noun

(wikipedia solenoid) (en noun)
  • A coil of wire that acts as a magnet when an electric current flows through it
  • A mechanical switch consisting of such a coil containing a metal core, the movement of which is controlled by the current

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    solanoid

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    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (medicine) Resembling a potato; said of a kind of cancer.
    • (Webster 1913)