What's the difference between coil and wire?

Coil


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To wind cylindrically or spirally; as, to coil a rope when not in use; the snake coiled itself before springing.
  • (v. t.) To encircle and hold with, or as with, coils.
  • (v. i.) To wind itself cylindrically or spirally; to form a coil; to wind; -- often with about or around.
  • (n.) A ring, series of rings, or spiral, into which a rope, or other like thing, is wound.
  • (n.) Fig.: Entanglement; toil; mesh; perplexity.
  • (n.) A series of connected pipes in rows or layers, as in a steam heating apparatus.
  • (n.) A noise, tumult, bustle, or confusion.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The building block of cytokeratin IFs is a heterotypic tetramer, consisting of two type I and two type II polypeptides arranged in pairs of laterally aligned coiled coils.
  • (2) Right hepatic artery embolization with three coils was performed.
  • (3) The potential use of ancrod, a purified isolate from the venom of the Malaysian pit viper, Agkistrodon rhodostoma, in decreasing the frequency of cyclic flow variations in severely stenosed canine coronary arteries and causing thrombolysis of an acute coronary thrombus induced by a copper coil was evaluated.
  • (4) Chloride caused a significant concentration-dependent shortening of myosin rods due to destabilization of the alpha-helical double coiled rod structure.
  • (5) The tinsel coiled around a jug of squash and bauble in the strip lighting made a golf-ball size knot of guilt burn in my throat.
  • (6) The "random coil" conformational problem is examined by comparison of vibrational CD (VCD) spectra of various polypeptide model systems with that of proline oligomers [(Pro)n] and poly(L-proline).
  • (7) Carcinogen-modified oligodeoxynucleotides were single-stranded, but there were often considerable stacking interactions between the pyrenyl residues and the oligonucleotide bases, indicating that electrophoresed oligomers were single-stranded but in a native, versus random coil, conformation.
  • (8) We measured the magnetic fields produced by several different coils and compared the results with theoretical calculations.
  • (9) The predicted protein shares significant homology with lamins A and C and other members of the intermediate filament family of proteins, and shares features important for the coiled-coil structure proposed for these proteins.
  • (10) These design methods are suited for constructing the most efficient gradient coil that meets a specified homogeneity requirement.
  • (11) Echocardiograms showed good left ventricular function and a large coil of apparent thrombus in the right atrium prolapsing into the right ventricle.
  • (12) In some cases, an intracytoplasmic coiling of the tail or tails could be observed.
  • (13) We studied effects of this anomaly on ocular motility using electro-oculography and the magnetic search-coil technique.
  • (14) The force of the inflow is considerable and can alter the shape of coils and displace both coils and balloons positioned within the aneurysm.
  • (15) The results are not consistent with a straight chain of nucleosomes and require the presence of a higher order coiling in monovalent salt solutions.
  • (16) Closely coupled receiver coils can provide a useful improvement in MR image quality.
  • (17) We report our clinical experience with nearly 100 patients in the first year in the special surface-coil approach of orbit and knee joint.
  • (18) van't Hoff plots of the thermal denaturation data gave enthalpies for the helix-coil transition of 21,600 cal (ca.
  • (19) Technical considerations for the magnetic resonance imaging of the foot and ankle are discussed, including the selection of the appropriate surface coil, the importance of stabilizing the anatomic region, and the principles guiding the choice of pulse sequences.
  • (20) Complete atrophy of variable lengths of the terminal basal coil cells was also found in all elderly cochleas.

Wire


Definition:

  • (n.) A thread or slender rod of metal; a metallic substance formed to an even thread by being passed between grooved rollers, or drawn through holes in a plate of steel.
  • (n.) A telegraph wire or cable; hence, an electric telegraph; as, to send a message by wire.
  • (v. t.) To bind with wire; to attach with wires; to apply wire to; as, to wire corks in bottling liquors.
  • (v. t.) To put upon a wire; as, to wire beads.
  • (v. t.) To snare by means of a wire or wires.
  • (v. t.) To send (a message) by telegraph.
  • (v. i.) To pass like a wire; to flow in a wirelike form, or in a tenuous stream.
  • (v. i.) To send a telegraphic message.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) They could go out and trade for a pitcher such as the New York Mets’ Bartolo Colón , an obvious choice despite his 41 years, but he would come with an $11m price tag for next season and have to pass through the waiver wires process first – considering the wily mood Billy Beane is in this year, the A’s could be the team that blocks such a move.
  • (2) The solution to these problems would seem either to reduce the time spent in rectangular wires or to change to a bracket with reduced torque, together with appropriate second order compensations in the archwire or the bracket.
  • (3) The major difficulty encountered with the current technique is the danger of neurologic injury during the passage and handling of conventional wires, especially in extensive procedures.
  • (4) I have the BBC app on my phone and it updates me, and I saw the wire ‘Malaysian flight goes missing over Ukraine.’ I’m like, well it’s probably the Russians who shot it down.
  • (5) For the attachment of adherent cells, microcarriers or wire springs can be applied to increase the internal surface of the bioreactor.
  • (6) Extraction tools included flexible, telescoping sheaths advanced over the lead to dilate scar tissue and apply countertraction, deflection catheters, and wire basket snares.
  • (7) It is not same to the stainless steel wire of traditional removable appliances which must be activated every time to produce a little tooth movement.
  • (8) Whereas in flexion stress all methods showed a sufficient stability, the rotation tests proved, that in case of a dorsal instability of the lower cervical spine, posterior interlaminar wiring or anterior plate stabilization showed no reliable stabilization effect.
  • (9) Medial canthal tendon resection and tucks or transnasal wiring are then performed.
  • (10) Overhead wire problems were causing delays on the east coast mainline into London King's Cross.
  • (11) The steerable guide wire enabled the angioscopic catheter to be accurately and safely inserted into the target lesion in all cases.
  • (12) The use of wire stylets to facilitate passage of these tubes has increased the chances of unrecognized tracheal intubations, particularly in obtunded patients.
  • (13) Kirschner improved the wire traction procedure decisevely.
  • (14) Conservative treatment (immobilisation in a plaster alone) was compared to percutaneous K-wire fixation.
  • (15) The procedure consists of a Kirschner wire used as the means of traction on the remaining soft tissue of the lower lip, using the upper teeth or pyriform aperture bone as remote fixed points for tissue traction.
  • (16) Electroencephalographic activity and extracellular discharges from neurons in deep temporal lobe structures were recorded from fine wire microelectrodes chronically implanted in seven psychomotor epileptic patients for diagnostic localization of seizure foci.
  • (17) Masseter EMG was recorded by fine wire electrodes and amplified by a specially designed amplifier.
  • (18) Guide-wire fragments retained in the coronary artery system after PTCA are removed either immediately by means of catheter techniques or by urgent operation.
  • (19) It was smaller than that reported for patients who had received stabilization of the maxilla with intraosseous and maxillomandibular wiring.
  • (20) At Charity Hospital in New Orleans transverse Kirschner wires have been routinely used to stabilize the zygoma in these cases.