Meaning

3 senses
  1. A passive device that introduces inductance into an electrical circuit.

    Induktivität, Spule

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

  2. An evocator or an organizer.

  3. One who, or that which, inducts.

Translations

6 languages
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By meaning 1
passive electrical device — see also coil:

Origin

Borrowed from Medieval Latin inductor, from Latin induco.

Borrowed from Medieval Latin inductor, from Latin induco.

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Forms

plural: inductors
Singularinductor
Pluralinductors

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • an electrical device (typically a conducting coil) that introduces inductance into a circuit:inductance

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

6 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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