Coil or COIL may refer to:
Geometry
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Helix, a space curve that winds around a line
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Spiral, a curve that winds around a central point
Science and technology
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Coil (chemistry), a tube used to cool and condense steam from a distillation
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Coil spring, used to store energy, absorb shock, or maintain a force between two surfaces
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Inductor or coil, a passive two-terminal electrical component
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Electromagnetic coil, formed when a conductor is wound around a core or form to create an inductor or electromagnet
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Induction coil, a type of electrical transformer used to produce high-voltage pulses from a low-voltage direct current supply
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Ignition coil, used in internal combustion engines to create a pulse of high voltage for a spark plug
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Intrauterine device or coil, a contraceptive device
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Chemical oxygen iodine laser, a near–infrared chemical laser
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Coil, a binary digit or bit in some communication protocols such as Modbus
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COIL, the gene that encodes the protein coilin
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Coiled tubing, a long metal pipe which is supplied spooled on a large reel
Music
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Coil (band), an English experimental band
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Coil (album), a 1997 album by Toad the Wet Sprocket
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"Coil", a song by Opeth from Watershed
Fictional entities
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The Coil, a fictional organization in the G.I. Joe universe
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Magnemite or Coil, a Pokémon character
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Coil, a crime lord from the web serial Worm
People with the surname
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Alison Coil, American astrophysicist
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Liam Mac Cóil, Irish novelist
Other uses
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Coil (hieroglyph), an Egyptian hieratic hieroglyph
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Coiled basketry, using grasses, rushes and pine needles
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Coiling (pottery), a method of creating pottery
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Coil (video game), a video game by Edmund McMillen and Florian Himsl
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Turmoil or burden, as in mortal coil
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Coiling, a method for storing rope or cable
See also
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Helix (disambiguation)
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Loop (disambiguation)
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Spiral (disambiguation)