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millihenry

millihenry

8.1
A small unit for measuring electrical inductance equal to one thousandth of a henry
  • noun
  • /ˌmɪlɪˈhɛnri/
  • Specialized
translation icon : milihenrio
  • One millihenry is one thousandth of a henry.

Examples

  • Engineers often use millihenry as a convenient unit when working with small inductors.

  • She measured the coil's inductance to be just 2 millihenry.

  • The inductor has a value of 10 millihenry for this circuit.

  • The inductor has a value of 5 millihenries.

  • Engineers often use millihenry as a convenient unit when working with small inductors.

  • She measured the coil's inductance to be just 2 millihenry.

  • The inductor has a value of 10 millihenry for this circuit.

How Inductive

henry
  • Specialized
8.9
millihenry
  • Specialized
8.1

Surface Forms

millihenry singular
millihenries plural

Morphology

millihenry = henry (transparent) = milli + henry

Formed by the standard SI prefix 'milli-' plus the unit 'henry'; meaning is directly obvious to learners familiar with metric prefixes.

Etymology

Millihenry comes from the part milli- meaning 'one thousandth', as in millimeter, and henry, the unit named after the scientist Joseph Henry. So a millihenry is a small unit of electrical inductance and is 'one thousandth' of a henry.