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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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INDUCED CURRENT n.
A current due to variation in the magnetic field surrounding its conductor.
INDUCEMENT n. 3 definitions
The act of inducing, or the state of being induced.
INDUCER n.
One who, or that which, induces or incites.
INDUCIBLE a. 2 definitions
Capable of being induced, caused, or made to take place.
INDUCT v. 2 definitions
To bring in; to introduce; to usher in. The independent orator inducting himself without further ceremony into the pulpit. Sir W. Scott.
INDUCTANCE n.
Capacity for induction; the coefficient of self-induction.
INDUCTANCE COIL n.
A choking coil.
INDUCTEOUS a.
Rendered electro-polar by induction, or brought into the opposite electrical state by the influence of inductive bodies.
INDUCTILE a.
Not ductile; incapable of being drawn into threads, as a metal; inelastic; tough.
INDUCTILITY n.
The quality or state of being inductile.
INDUCTION n. 6 definitions
The act or process of inducting or bringing in; introduction; entrance; beginning; commencement. I know not you; nor am I well pleased to make this time, as the affair now stands, the induction of your acquaintance. Beau. & Fl. These promises are fair, the parties sure, And our induction dull of prosperous hope. Shak.…
INDUCTION GENERATOR n.
A machine built as an induction motor and driven above synchronous speed, thus acting as an alternating-current generator; - - called also asynchronous generator. Below synchronism the machine takes in electrical energy and acts as an induction motor; at synchronism the power component of current becomes zero and chang…
INDUCTION MOTOR n.
A type of alternating-current motor comprising two wound members, one stationary, called the stator, and the other rotating, called the rotor, these two members corresponding to a certain extent to the field and armature of a direct-current motor.
INDUCTIONAL a.
Pertaining to, or proceeding by, induction; inductive.
INDUCTIVE a. 5 definitions
Leading or drawing; persuasive; tempting; -- usually followed by to. A brutish vice, Inductive mainly to the sin of Eve. Milton.
INDUCTIVELY adv.
By induction or inference.
INDUCTOMETER n.
An instrument for measuring or ascertaining the degree or rate of electrical induction.
INDUCTOR n. 2 definitions
The person who inducts another into an office or benefice.
INDUCTORIUM n.
An induction coil.
INDUCTRIC; INDUCTRICAL a.
Acting by, or in a state of, induction; relating to electrical induction.
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