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RESISTANCE COIL

\ɹɪsˈɪstəns kˈɔ͡ɪl], \ɹɪsˈɪstəns kˈɔ‍ɪl], \ɹ_ɪ_s_ˈɪ_s_t_ə_n_s k_ˈɔɪ_l]\

Definitions of RESISTANCE COIL

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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Rheostat.

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop

Coil of wire placed in electric circuit to produce additional resistance.
A coil of wire introduced into an electric circuit to increase the resistance.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

A coil or series of coils of doubled wire of known resistance; interposed in a galvanic circuit to diminish the strength of the current or to test the resistance offered by an object by comparison.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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