induction coil

noun — 2 senses

induction coil

noun
1

A transformer that produces a high voltage alternating current pulse from a low voltage direct current supply, especially such a device in the starter motor of an automobile.

2

Cellular automata, Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences A pattern, often unstable itself on its own, that stabilizes an unstable pattern's edge(s) without directly touching it by preventing cells that would destabilize it from becoming alive.

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