windings
Curves in sequence
Windings are curves, turns, or coils—the twisting paths that something takes.
A river has windings through a valley.
A road has windings through mountains.
In electrical work, windings are coils of wire wrapped around a core in motors, transformers, and generators: The motor's windings had burned out.
The word captures anything that winds rather than runs straight.
To travel without direction
spiral · serpentine · circuitous · convoluted · labyrinthine · sinuous · zigzag · coil
Wound circular arrangement
- transformerVoltage-altering electrical device
- inductorCoil storing magnetic energy
- armatureRotating electromagnetic coil
- solenoidCurrent-carrying wire helix
stator · rotor · copper · wire · turns · insulation · magnetic · core
meander
To travel without direction
bend · spiral · serpentine · circuitous · convoluted · labyrinthine · sinuous · zigzag · coil · loop
coil
Wound circular arrangement
- transformerVoltage-altering electrical device
- inductorCoil storing magnetic energy
- armatureRotating electromagnetic coil
solenoid · stator · rotor · copper · wire · turns · insulation · magnetic · core · bobbin
scrollwork
Spiral ornamental design
- filigreeDelicate twisted-wire ornamentation
- arabesqueFlowing ornamental design
- flourishTo grow vigorously
spiral · scroll · curlicue · volute · tendril · interlace · knotwork · Celtic · tracery · ornament
labyrinth
Intricate passage network
- journeyTravel from place to place
- complexityState of being complicated
- passageSegment of text
maze · path · metaphor · allegory · cycle · evolution · enigma · odyssey · pilgrimage · quest
- motor componentsrotor, stator, armature, shaft, bearing
- electric motorsmotor, electric motors, motors, rotor, alternator
- EV componentselectric motor, battery pack, inverter, drive unit, regenerative braking
- generator partsstator, rotor, armature, rotors, coils
- motor partsarmature, rotor, stator, commutator, brushes
- transformerstransformer, Optimus Prime, Megatron, power transformer, Starscream
- winding downGradually decreasing toward conclusion
- winding upComing to completion
- winding roadCurved path with bends
- winding pathRoute with repeated curves
- winding alleys
- winding staircaseHelical flight of steps