What is a bobbin?

What is a bobbin? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A spool or cylinder around which wire is coiled.
  2. In a sewing machine, the small spool that holds the lower thread.
  3. The little rounded piece of wood at the end of a latch string, which is pulled to raise the latch.
  4. (haberdashery) A fine cord or narrow braid.
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As these ferromagnetic substances move within the magnetic field of the permanent magnet, it causes the flux through the bobbin to change.
There is a alternating current, instead of a direct current within the bobbin because of the motion of the string.
The techniques used to create this type of hair jewelry resemble those for making bobbin lace.
If I don't hold the bobbin on the spindle, it slides just far enough out that the notch slides out of place and it won't wind.
A quantity of lace includes Chantilly, Brussels, Flemish, Antwerp, and Devon bobbin lace.
Thread the machine needle with white thread and the bobbin with red thread.

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