Hypertext Webster Gateway: "inductance"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Inductance \In*duc"tance\, n. (Elec.)
Capacity for induction; the coefficient of self-induction.

Note: The unit of inductance is the henry.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

inductance
n 1: (physics) a property of an electric circuit by which an
electromotive force is induced in it by a variation of
current [syn: {induction}]
2: an electrical device that introduces inductance into a
circuit [syn: {inductor}]


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