tickler noun.
['tɪklǝ] E17.[from TICKLE verb + -ER1.]1. A person who tickles something or someone;
spec. (
colloq.) a pianist.
E17.2. A thing which tickles or is used for tickling (
lit. &
fig.), as
(a) a feather brush;
(b) a birch, rod, etc., used to beat a person;
(c) a device by which a small quantity of petrol is let into the carburettor to aid the starting of an engine;
(d) a memorandum;
(e) (more fully
tickler coil) an inductance coil in the anode circuit of a valve, giving positive feedback through another coil in the grid circuit.
L17.
Comb.:
tickler coil = sense 2(e) above.
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