Winding (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. the act of a person or thing that winds.
  2. a bend, turn, or flexure.
  3. a coiling, folding, or wrapping, as of one thing about another.
  4. something that is wound or coiled, or a single round of it.
  5. Electricity.
    • a symmetrically laid, electrically conducting current path in any device.
    • the manner of such coiling: a series winding.
adjective
  1. bending or turning; sinuous.
  2. spiral, as stairs.
noun
  1. a curving or sinuous course or movement
  2. anything that has been wound or wrapped around something
  3. a particular manner or style in which something has been wound
  4. a curve, bend, or complete turn in wound material, a road, etc
  5. devious thoughts or behaviour
  6. one or more turns of wire forming a continuous coil through which an electric current can pass, as used in transformers, generators, etc
  7. another name for wind 2 (def. 14)
  8. a coil of tubing in certain brass instruments, esp the French horn
adjective
  1. curving; sinuous
Winding (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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