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Inductance   /ɪndˈəktəns/   Listen
Inductance

noun
1.
An electrical phenomenon whereby an electromotive force (EMF) is generated in a closed circuit by a change in the flow of current.  Synonym: induction.
2.
An electrical device (typically a conducting coil) that introduces inductance into a circuit.  Synonym: inductor.



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"Inductance" Quotes from Famous Books



... Rawson. "Tuned in on the big L. A. station! A gigantic crystal detector! Those heavy laminations of imbedded metal furnish the inductance." Then his incoherent ...
— Two Thousand Miles Below • Charles Willard Diffin
... if I take you," he said. "It behooves you to have fair inductance at court. For this ye come to Sir Percevall Hart, her Majesty's harbinger and—though he says so himself—a good friend to Cecil. Now, mark me, lad. Naught do I know or care of thy 'funny craft' or 'bicycle.' Master Bacon is a philosopher and you have here his certificate. ...
— The Panchronicon • Harold Steele Mackaye
... observed Bob thoughtfully, "the human body possesses inductance as well as capacity, and so might serve as an antenna. But I never thought of demonstrating ...
— The Radio Boys Trailing a Voice - or, Solving a Wireless Mystery • Allen Chapman


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