voice coil

noun

A coil of wire attached to the apex of the cone of a loudspeaker that provides the motive force to the cone by the reaction of a magnetic field to the current passing through it.

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Meanings

nounvoice coil (plural voice coils)

plural voice coils

  1. businessA coil of wire attached to the apex of the cone of a loudspeaker that provides the motive force to the cone by the reaction of a magnetic field to the current passing through it.
  2. businessA similar mechanism that positions the disk read-write head in a computer hard disk drive.
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