inductor








noun

  1. Also called inductance. Electricity. a coil used to introduce inductance into an electric circuit.
  2. a person who inducts, as into office.

noun

  1. a person or thing that inducts
  2. a component, such as a coil, in an electrical circuit the main function of which is to produce inductance
n.

1650s, from Latin inductor, agent noun from past participle stem of inducere (see induce). Electromagnetic sense begins in 1837.

n.

  1. Something that inducts, especially a device that functions by or introduces inductance into a circuit.
  2. evocator
  3. organizer

  1. An electrical component or circuit, especially an induction coil, that introduces inductance into a circuit.
  2. A substance that causes an induced reaction. Unlike a catalyst, an inductor is irreversibly transformed in the reaction.
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