Inductor
noun ·3 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A passive device that introduces inductance into an electrical circuit.
"The receiver on a locomotive passing over the inductors on the track on the approach side of a distant or multiple-aspect signal"
- 2 an electrical device (typically a conducting coil) that introduces inductance into a circuit wordnet
- 3 An evocator or an organizer.
- 4 One who, or that which, inducts.
"In certain families one can find several “inductees” grouped around one influential “inductor.” I have observed the case of a forever complaining old lady, living with her married daughter, who attracted and shut everybody, mother, father, and two daughters, into the closed circle of their mutual and reciprocal lamentations."
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More examples"The receiver on a locomotive passing over the inductors on the track on the approach side of a distant or multiple-aspect signal"
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin inductor, from Latin induco.
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