Field coil

A field coil is any of several types of curved or looped material (a coil) through which energy is inducted in a current in order to generate a change in the surrounding space (a field).

There are two types of field coils in common use:

• A magnetic coil, through which electricity is inducted to produce a magnetic field (also called an electromagnetic field);
• A warp coil, through which electro-plasma is inducted to produce a warp field.

The term induction coil is also used to refer to field coils.

References

• ENT: "Harbinger"
• TNG:
  • "New Ground"
  • "Force of Nature"
  • "Bloodlines"
• DS9:
  • "Destiny"
  • "Empok Nor"
• VOY: "Parturition"
• Star Trek: The Motion Picture