INDUCTANCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does inductance mean? 

• INDUCTANCE (noun)
  The noun INDUCTANCE has 2 senses:

1. an electrical phenomenon whereby an electromotive force (EMF) is generated in a closed circuit by a change in the flow of current

2. an electrical device (typically a conducting coil) that introduces inductance into a circuit

  Familiarity information: INDUCTANCE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INDUCTANCE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An electrical phenomenon whereby an electromotive force (EMF) is generated in a closed circuit by a change in the flow of current

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Synonyms:

inductance; induction

Hypernyms ("inductance" is a kind of...):

electrical phenomenon (a physical phenomenon involving electricity)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "inductance"):

mutual induction (generation of electromotive forces in each other by two adjacent circuits)

self-induction (generation of an electromotive force (EMF) in a circuit by changing the current in that circuit; usually measured in henries)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An electrical device (typically a conducting coil) that introduces inductance into a circuit

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

inductance; inductor

Hypernyms ("inductance" is a kind of...):

electrical device (a device that produces or is powered by electricity)

 Context examples 

A SI derived unit of electric inductance.

(Henry, NCI Thesaurus)

The henry is a large unit; inductances in practical circuits are measured in millihenrys or microhenrys.

(Henry, NCI Thesaurus)

A coil with an inductance of one henry requires a flux of one weber for each ampere of induced current.

(Henry, NCI Thesaurus)

If it is the current which changes, then the induced field will generate a potential difference within the coil: if the inductance is one henry a current change of one ampere per second generates a potential difference of one volt.

(Henry, NCI Thesaurus)