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- Dictionarywinding/ˈwʌɪndɪŋ/
noun
- 1. a twisting movement or course: "the windings of the stream"
- 2. a thing that winds or is wound round something.
adjective
- 1. following a twisting or spiral course: "our bedroom was at the top of a winding staircase"
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WINDING definition: 1. A winding path, road, river, etc. repeatedly turns in different directions: 2. A winding story…. Learn more.
The meaning of WINDING is material (such as wire) wound or coiled about an object (such as an armature); also : a single turn of the wound material. How to use winding in a sentence.
A winding is one or more turns of wire that forms a continuous coil through which an electric current can pass, as used in transformers and generators. These chargers use an autotransformer in which the primary and secondary windings are electrically connected.
a coiling, folding, or wrapping, as of one thing about another. something that is wound or coiled, or a single round of it. Electricity. a symmetrically laid, electrically conducting current path in any device. the manner of such coiling: a series winding.
Use the adjective winding to describe something with twists and turns, like a winding country road or a little winding mountain stream. A path through the woods that has plenty of bends and curves in it is winding, and a river that curls and meanders down to the sea is also winding.
1. the act of a person or thing that winds. 2. a bend, turn, or flexure. 3. a coiling, folding, or wrapping, as of one thing about another. 4. something that is wound or coiled, or a single round of it. 5. a. a symmetrically laid, electrically conducting current path in any device.
Definition of winding adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.