Definition of Choking coil

1. Noun. A coil of low resistance and high inductance used in electrical circuits to pass direct current and attenuate alternating current.

Exact synonyms: Choke, Choke Coil
Group relationships: Circuit, Electric Circuit, Electrical Circuit
Generic synonyms: Coil

Lexicographical Neighbors of Choking Coil

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choking bloom
choking blooms
choking coil (current term)
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chola
cholaemia
cholaemias

Literary usage of Choking coil

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Science Abstracts by Institution of Electrical Engineers (1900)
"The first consists in producing a phase-displacement between the currents in S and those in Si by means of a choking-coil D, so as to obtain a rotating ..."

2. A Treatise on the Theory of Alternating Currents by Alexander Russell (1904)
"choking coil currents. Condenser currents. Effect of altering the resistance of a circuit ... Method of neutralising the inductive effect of a choking coil. ..."

3. A Dictionary of Electrical Words, Terms and Phrases by Edwin James Houston (1903)
"Choking. Coil. Since an open-magnetic circuit requires a greater current to saturate it ... Coll, Impedance -A term sometimes applied to a choking-coil. ..."

4. A Text-book of Electrical Engineering by Adolf Thomälen (1907)
"It follows from these considerations that a choking coil can be used to cause a large drop of pressure without absorbing very much power. ..."

5. Transformers for Single and Multiphase Currents: A Treatise on Their Theory by Gisbert Kapp (1896)
"This may be obtained by inserting a choking coil D as shown. Fig. 94 is the corresponding clock diagram. 01 is the lamp current, OEm the watt component of ..."

6. Electricity Control: A Treatise on Electric Switchgear and Systems of by Leonard Andrews (1904)
"At the latter point, however, a choking coil is connected between the two feeders, and the supply to the distributing point is taken off from the centre of ..."

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