Definition of Choke coil

1. Noun. A coil of low resistance and high inductance used in electrical circuits to pass direct current and attenuate alternating current.

Exact synonyms: Choke, Choking Coil
Group relationships: Circuit, Electric Circuit, Electrical Circuit
Generic synonyms: Coil

Lexicographical Neighbors of Choke Coil

choiring
choirlike
choirman
choirmaster
choirmasters
choirmate
choirmates
choirmen
choirmistress
choirmistresses
choirs
choise
choke
choke-full
choke back
choke coil (current term)
choke collar
choke collars
choke damp
choke down
choke hold
choke off
choke pear
choke pears
choke price
choke the luff
choke up
chokeable
chokeberries

Literary usage of Choke coil

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Transactions by European Orthodontic Society, Lina Oswald, Northern Ohio Dental Society, Ossory Archaeological Society, Wentworth Historical Society, Society of Automobile Engineers (1907)
"In a paper read by me before the Institute last December, a curve was given indicating that a zero choke-coil would reflect a zero surge, ..."

2. Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers by American Institute of Electrical Engineers (1908)
"In a paper read by me before the Institute last December, a curve was given indicating that a zero choke-coil would reflect a zero surge, ..."

3. Convention by National Electric Light Association Convention, National Independent Meat Packers Association, University of Georgia College of Agriculture, University of Georgia Dept. of Food Science (1905)
"The opposing emf in the choke coil may be so high that the path across the air ... It is standard practice to divide a choke coil into several parts and to ..."

4. Hawkins Electrical Guide: Questions, Answers & Illustrations; a Progressive ...by Nehemiah Hawkins by Nehemiah Hawkins (1914)
"If there be no arrester, the choke coil cannot perform the first function, accordingly a choke coil is best considered as an auxiliary to an arrester. Ques. ..."

5. Electrical Engineering Problems by Francis Cary Caldwell (1914)
"A machine takes 30 volts and 12 amperes; required the inductive emf of a choke coil to be placed in series with it on a 100-volt circuit, if the resistance ..."

6. Central Stations by Terrell Croft (1917)
"In a general way the protective ability of a choke coil increases as the square of ... 100-amp. choke coil designed for pressures of 6600 volts and lower ..."

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