inductance

1. 1.

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

   Synonymsinduction

   Broaderelectrical phenomenon

   Narrowermutual inductionself-induction
2. 2.

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

   Synonymsinductor

   Broaderelectrical device

Other forms of inductance

plural

inductances·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about inductance

What does inductance mean?

inductance means "an electrical phenomenon whereby an electromotive force (EMF) is generated in a closed circuit by a change in the flow of current". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in inductance?

inductance has 3 syllables: in-duc-tance. The stress falls on "duc". In IPA it is /ˌɪnˈdʌktəns/.

What is another word for inductance?

Close synonyms include induction, inductor. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is inductance a common word?

inductance is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.