field winding

noun

: the winding of a field magnet

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web The call on the field wound up being overturned after the umpires were asked to conference. —

Andrew Turner, latimes.com, 27 May 2018 Oil production of the basket of North Sea crudes used to price Brent is set to halve to around 500,000 barrels a day by 2025, due to a lack of investment in the region and old fields winding down. —

Christopher Alessi, WSJ, 30 Apr. 2018 Younger people are moving away, and over time more fields wind up owned by heirs in towns or cities hundreds of miles away. —

Jacob Bunge, WSJ, 23 Oct. 2017

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Word History

First Known Use

1888, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler

The first known use of field winding was in 1888

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“Field winding.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/field%20winding. Accessed 22 Mar. 2023.

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