so·le·noid
(sōlə-noid′)
(sōlə-noid′)n.
1. A current-carrying coil of wire that acts like a magnet when a current passes through it.
2. An assembly used as a switch, consisting of a coil and a metal core free to slide along the coil axis under the influence of the magnetic field.
[French solénoïde, from Greek sōlēnoeidēs, pipe-shaped : sōlēn, pipe + -oeidēs, -oid.]
so′le·noidal(-noidl)adj.
so′le·noidal·lyadv.
solenoid- field hockey
- field hospital
- field house
- Fielding
- field-ion microscope
- field jacket
- field lens
- field magnet
- field marshal
- field mouse
- field officer
- field of fire
- field of force
- field of honor
- field of view
- field of vision
- Fields
- Fields
- fieldsman
- fieldstone
- fieldstrip
- field-test
- field theory
- field trial
- field trip