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Coil (horse)
Coil or COIL may refer to: Geometry * Helix * Spiral Science and technology * Coil (chemistry), a tube used to cool and condense steam from a distillation * Coil spring, used to store energy, absorb shock, or maintain a force between two surfaces * Inductor or coil, a passive two-terminal electrical component * Electromagnetic coil, formed when a conductor is wound around a core or form to create an inductor or electromagnet ** Induction coil, a type of electrical transformer used to produce high-voltage pulses from a low-voltage direct current supply *** Ignition coil, used in internal combustion engines to create a pulse of high voltage for a spark plug * Intrauterine device or coil, a contraceptive device * Chemical oxygen iodine laser * Coil, a binary digit or bit in some communication protocols such as Modbus * COIL, the gene that encodes the protein coilin * Coiled tubing Music * Coil (band), an English experimental band * ''Coil'' (album), a 1997 album by Toad the Wet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helix
A helix () is a shape like a corkscrew or spiral staircase. It is a type of smooth space curve with tangent lines at a constant angle to a fixed axis. Helices are important in biology, as the DNA molecule is formed as two intertwined helices, and many proteins have helical substructures, known as alpha helices. The word ''helix'' comes from the Greek word ''ἕλιξ'', "twisted, curved". A "filled-in" helix – for example, a "spiral" (helical) ramp – is a surface called ''helicoid''. Properties and types The ''pitch'' of a helix is the height of one complete helix turn, measured parallel to the axis of the helix. A double helix consists of two (typically congruent) helices with the same axis, differing by a translation along the axis. A circular helix (i.e. one with constant radius) has constant band curvature and constant torsion. A ''conic helix'', also known as a ''conic spiral'', may be defined as a spiral on a conic surface, with the distance to the apex an expo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Watershed (Opeth Album)
''Watershed'' is the ninth full-length studio album by the Swedish progressive metal band Opeth. Released by Roadrunner Records, ''Watershed'' is the first studio album by Opeth to feature guitarist Fredrik Åkesson and drummer Martin Axenrot, who replaced longtime guitarist Peter Lindgren and drummer Martin Lopez. The artwork for the album was made by Travis Smith (who has created the artwork for eight previous Opeth releases) in collaboration with Mikael Åkerfeldt. It is the band's last studio album to contain death growls or any death metal elements to date. Overview On opening track "Coil", Mikael Åkerfeldt duets with Nathalie Lorichs, who was dating drummer Martin Axenrot at the time. The band has revealed that they were initially going to start the album with what eventually became the second track, "Heir Apparent"; however, they preferred "Coil" as an introductory track for its contrast to "Heir Apparent". Åkerfeldt was inspired to write the single "Burden" while list ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helix (other)
A helix is a spiral-like space curve. Helix may also refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media * Helix (roller coaster), a roller coaster at Liseberg in Gothenburg, Sweden Print * ''The Helix'' (magazine), an Australian teen science bimonthly * ''Helix'' (newspaper), a 1960s Seattle underground newspaper * Helix (comics), a 1996-1998 DC comics imprint * Helix (Marvel Comics), a superhero * '' Helix SF'', an online magazine * ''Helix'', a 2007 novel by Eric Brown * Helix, a team of super-villains in the comics series ''Infinity Inc.'' Film, television, and video games * ''Helix'' (film) or ''Innocent'', a 2009 American film directed by Aram Rappaport * ''Helix'' (TV series), an American science fiction series 2014–2015 * ''Helix'' (video game), a music video game * Helix, a character in the 2017 video game ''Arms'' Music * Helix (band), a Canadian hard rock band * ''Helix'' (Amaranthe album), 2018 * Helix (Crystal Lake album) * ''Helix'' (composition), a 2005 orchestra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coiling
A coiling or coil is a curve, helix, or spiral used for storing rope or cable in compact and reliable yet easily attainable form. They are often discussed with knots. Mountaineer's coil The mountaineer's coil (also alpine coil, climber's coil, lap coil, or standing coil) is a traditional method used by climbers to store and transport a climbing rope. This older style coil is noted as being more prone to twists and tangles than the butterfly coil, and care must be taken upon uncoiling to avoid these problems. Tying method Begin by taking hold of the rope in one hand with its end facing you. Coil the rope in arm's length sections with your free hand (extending it away from the other as far as it will reach to ensure each segment is of equal length as it is gathered). Alternate tucking the new gather in front and behind the previous coil to avoid putting a half-turn in the rope with each coil. When the last segment is reached form a short bight atop the gathered rope with i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mortal Coil
"Mortal coil" is a poetic term for the troubles of daily life and the strife and suffering of the world. It is used in the sense of a burden to be carried or abandoned. To "shuffle off this mortal coil" is to die, exemplified in the "To be, or not to be" soliloquy in Shakespeare's ''Hamlet''. Derivation Derived from 16th-century English, "coil" refers to tumults or troubles. Used idiomatically, the phrase means "the bustle and turmoil of this mortal life". "Coil" has an unusual etymological history. It was coined repeatedly; at various times people have used it as a verb to mean "to cull", "to thrash", "to lie in rings or spirals", "to turn", "to mound hay" and "to stir". As a noun it has meant "a selection", "a spiral", "the breech of a gun", "a mound of hay", "a pen for hens", and "noisy disturbance, fuss, ado".Oxford English Dictionary 1979 edition It is in this last sense, which became popular in the 16th century, that Shakespeare used the word. "Mortal coil"—along with "th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coil (video Game)
''Coil'' is an autobiographical Flash game developed by Edmund McMillen and Florian Himsl, released in 2008. It was nominated for the Innovation Award at the 2009 Independent Games Festival and is considered an example of an artgame. The game was sponsored by Armor Games Armor Games is an American video game publisher and free web gaming portal. The website hosts over a thousand HTML5 (and previously Flash) browser games. Based in Irvine, California, the site was founded in 2004 by Daniel McNeely. Armor Games .... References {{Armor Games 2008 video games Art games Browser games Flash games Puzzle video games Video games developed in the United States Single-player video games ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coiling (pottery)
Coiling is a method of creating pottery. It has been used to shape clay into vessels for many thousands of years. It is found across the cultures of the world, including Africa, Greece, China, and Native American cultures of New Mexico. Using the coiling technique, it is possible to build thicker or taller walled vessels, which may not have been possible using earlier methods. The technique permits control of the walls as they are built up and allows building on top of the walls to make the vessel look bigger and bulge outward or narrow inward with less danger of collapsing. To do this, the potter takes a pliable material (usually clay) then rolls it until it forms a coil, or long pliable cylinder. By placing one coil on top of another, different shapes can be formed. As this is done while the clay is still fresh and soft, individual coils can be joined seamlessly with simple pressure, rather than by scoring and/or applying slip Slip or SLIP may refer to: Science and technol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basket Weaving
Basket weaving (also basketry or basket making) is the process of weaving or sewing pliable materials into three-dimensional artifacts, such as baskets, mats, mesh bags or even furniture. Craftspeople and artists specialized in making baskets may be known as basket makers and basket weavers. Basket weaving is also a rural craft. Basketry is made from a variety of fibrous or pliable materials—anything that will bend and form a shape. Examples include pine, straw, willow, oak, wisteria, forsythia, vines, stems, animal hair, hide, grasses, thread, and fine wooden splints. There are many applications for basketry, from simple mats to hot air balloon gondolas. Many Indigenous peoples are renowned for their basket-weaving techniques. History While basket weaving is one of the widest spread crafts in the history of any human civilization, it is hard to say just how old the craft is, because natural materials like wood, grass, and animal remains decay naturally and constantly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coil (hieroglyph)
The system of ancient Egyptian numerals was used in Ancient Egypt from around 3000 BCE until the early first millennium CE. It was a system of numeration based on multiples of ten, often rounded off to the higher power, written in hieroglyphs. The Egyptians had no concept of a place-valued system such as the decimal system. The hieratic form of numerals stressed an exact finite series notation, ciphered one-to-one onto the Egyptian alphabet. Digits and numbers The following hieroglyphs were used to denote powers of ten: Multiples of these values were expressed by repeating the symbol as many times as needed. For instance, a stone carving from Karnak shows the number 4,622 as: Egyptian hieroglyphs could be written in both directions (and even vertically). In this example the symbols decrease in value from top to bottom and from left to right. On the original stone carving, it is right-to-left, and the signs are thus reversed. Zero and negative numbers By 1740 BCE, the Egy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liam Mac Cóil
Liam Mac Cóil is an Irish language novelist, a critic, and an essayist. Career Born in Dublin in 1952, Liam Mac Cóil lives in the Gaeltacht of Ráth Cairn, County Meath. Before becoming a full-time writer he worked for a time at An Coiste Téarmaíochta''.'' He is presently co-editor of the literary annual ''Bliainiris'' and director of the publishing house Carbad. He has written six novels as well as a writer's journal, '' Nótaí ón Lár'' (''Notes from the Centre''). Early in his career, he published two translations from the Welsh, ''Tiocfaidh Lá'' (original title: ''Daw Dydd,'' a selection of writings by Welsh-language activist Ffred Ffransis) and ''Saibhreas Chnoic Chaspair'' (''Trysor Bryniau Caspar'', a young-adult novel by John Selwyn Lloyd). In 2010 he published a work of personal reflections on the composer Charles Villiers Stanford titled ''An Chláirseach agus an Choróin''. His work has also appeared in the publications Comhar, Feasta and Aimsir Óg. Awards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Worm (web Serial)
''Worm'' is a self-published web serial by John C. "Wildbow" McCrae and the first installment of the ''Parahumans'' series, known for subverting and playing with common tropes and themes of superhero fiction. McCrae's first novel, ''Worm'' features a bullied teenage girl, Taylor Hebert, who develops the superpower to control worms, insects, arachnids and other simple lifeforms. Using a combination of ingenuity, idealism, and brutality, she struggles to do the right thing in a dark world filled with moral ambiguity. It is one of the most popular web serials on the internet, with a readership in the hundreds of thousands. A sequel, titled ''Ward'', was published from November 2017 to May 2020. Publication ''Worm'' was first published as an online serial with two to three chapters released every week. It began online publishing in June 2011 and continued until November 2013, totaling approximately 1,682,400 words. The story was written at a rate comparable to a traditional book be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
