Dictionary

inductance en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree English induct Proto-Indo-European *-onts Latin -ns Latin -āns Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin -āntia Old French -ancebor. Middle English -aunce English -ance English inductance From induct + -ance.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The property of an electric circuit by which a voltage is induced in it by a changing magnetic field.
   • The power cable itself has enough inductance to disrupt the digital signal of the video output cable, due to poor shielding.
2. (countable, uncountable) The quantity of the resulting electromagnetic flux divided by the current that produces it, measured in henries (SI symbol: H.)
   • What is the inductance of that power supply's main inductor?

Forms

Deriveds

leakage inductance · mutual inductance · inductance coil · self-inductance · electrical inductance

Relateds

generation

Translations (24)

pt indutância (property) · gl indutancia (property) · mi whāpoapoa (property) · nl inductie (quantity) · es inductancia (property) · tr indüktans (quantity) · ro inductanță (property) · fi induktanssi (quantity) · nl inductie (property) · de Induktivität (property) · lv induktivitāte (quantity) · cmn 电感 (property) · tl dawit (property) · fi induktanssi (property) · tr indüktans (property) · hy մակածություն (property) · lv induktivitāte (property) · el αυτεπαγωγή (property) · ast inductancia (property) · el αυτεπαγωγή (quantity) · fr inductance (property) · it induttanza (property) · ca inductància (property) · it induttanza (quantity)