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to induct

to induct

1 7.4
Make an electric current in a wire when a magnetic field changes
  • verb
  • /ɪnˈdʌkt/
  • Specialized
translation icon : inducir
  • You are probably going by third-hand myth based on UN Resolution 273, which inducted Israel into the U.N.

Examples

  • One second when this is spinning, the magnet spinning which is inducing a current which is being picked up by here.

  • Disqualified after legal troubles, he resigned his office as mayor in 2006, and the Stamp inducts Robert Didier (current head of the list UMP).

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  • With 25 active members, the organization will induct a third class of members this spring.

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  • "After consultation with the six current 'Ring of Fire' members, the Chicago Fire will not induct a new member to the 'Ring of Fire' in 2011.

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  • The reason it does this is because this transformer is inducing some.

  • The coil was designed to induct an electric current when exposed to a changing magnetic field.

  • When the magnet was moved near the wire, it began to induct a flow of electricity.

  • The experiment was successful as it showed how the device could induct a current without direct contact.

Synonyms

to induce
vsto induct
  • Specialized
12 7.0

Cause an electric current to start in a wire by changing a magnetic field

has identical meaning but differs in spelling of the term

Antonyms

to stop
∞ 1.0

To make something end and not continue

How Strong

to drive
458 1.0
to induct
  • Specialized
1 7.4
to generate
227 3.5
to produce
∞ 2.0
to cause
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

induct infinitive
inducted past
inducted past participle
inducting present participle
induces third person singular

Morphology

induct = duct (opaque) = in + duct

Although formed from in- + duct (etymologically 'lead in'), the technical sense 'to produce an electric current' is specialized and not derivable by a typical learner from the component meanings.

Etymology

The word induct comes from the Latin parts in- 'into' and ducere 'to lead', the same root as conduct. In electricity, to induct a current means to 'lead' or cause electric current into a wire by a changing magnetic field, which is why we use 'induct' for making current appear in a conductor.