Winding
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wind
(2): ( p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wind
(3): ( n.) A line- or ribbon-shaped material (as wire, string, or bandaging) wound around an object; as, the windings (conducting wires) wound around the armature of an electric motor or generator.
(4): ( n.) A call by the boatswain's whistle.
(5): ( a.) Twisting from a direct line or an even surface; circuitous.
(6): ( n.) A turn or turning; a bend; a curve; flexure; meander; as, the windings of a road or stream.
(7): ( p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wind
(8): ( n.) The material, as wire or rope, wound or coiled about anything, or a single round or turn of the material;
(9): ( n.) a series winding, or one in which the armature coil, the field-magnet coil, and the external circuit form a continuous conductor; a shunt winding, or one of such a character that the armature current is divided, a portion of the current being led around the field-magnet coils.
King James Dictionary [2]
Winding, ppr.
1. Turning binding about bending. 2. a. Bending twisting from a direct line or an even surface.
Winding, n.
1. A turn or turning a bend flexure meander as the windings of a road or stream. 2. A call by the boastswains whistle.
