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inductance

inductance

7.8
A coil of wire in a circuit that produces a voltage when the electric current changes
  • noun
  • /ɪnˈdʌktəns/
  • Specialized
translation icon : inductor
  • What Kai built is an LCR meter, basically a tool that measures inductance, capacitance, and resistance in a very, very small form factor.

Examples

  • An inductance can also couple flux qubits.

    Academic text (2005)

  • And if I have some big inductance, maybe my ripple is small.

  • I would get a three by three inductance matrix, right?

  • That is a self inductance of a coil that What does this mean?

  • (c) Two three-junction flux qubits coupled by the common inductance L.

    Academic text (2005)

  • (b) Two charge qubits coupled by a shared inductance L; each box (blue) is connected to two Josephson junctions instead of one.

    Academic text (2005)

  • Recently, researchers at the Institute for Physical High Technology in Jena, Germany, and at Delft experimentally coupled flux qubits using mutual inductances.

    Academic text (2005)

  • Switching rate is 25 kHz, enabling the amplifier to drive servomotors with inductances from 200 µH to 40 mH.

    Academic text (1996)

  • We measured tPTEF/tE by respiratory inductance plethysmography in newborn infants of mothers recruited to the Western Australian Pregnancy Cohort Study (WAPCS).

    Academic text (1999)

  • The inductance of the coil prevents sudden changes in the current flowing through the circuit.

Synonyms

coil
vsinductance
  • Specialized
63 4.1

A piece of wire wound into a spiral used in electric devices

refers specifically to a component that opposes changes in electric current
inductor
vsinductance
  • Specialized
1 7.4

A coil of wire that slows changes in electric current by making a magnetic field

is the identical concept expressed with a different term

Compounds

inductance unit
  • Specialized
7.4

A unit for measuring how much an electric circuit makes voltage when current changes, like the henry

mutual inductance
  • Specialized
8.1

A measure of how much one circuit causes a voltage in another nearby circuit when current changes

self-inductance
  • Specialized
9.9

A coil property that makes a changing electric current create a voltage in itself

How Inductive

choke
  • Specialized
1 9.4
inductance
  • Specialized
7.8
coil
  • Specialized
63 4.1
wire
700 1.0

Surface Forms

inductance singular
inductances plural

Morphology

inductance = induct (opaque) = induct + ance

Although morphologically 'induct' + '-ance' accounts for the form, the sense 'an electrical component' is a technical/metonymic extension (property → device) that cannot be derived from the base verb by ordinary rules.

Etymology

Inductance (the component) takes its name from induce, with in- 'into' and ducere 'to lead', like in conduct. That's why an inductance coil 'leads' a voltage into the circuit and so slows or opposes quick changes in current.