magnetic induction

1. 1.

   the process that makes a substance magnetic (temporarily or permanently)

   Synonymsmagnetizationmagnetisation

   Broadernatural process
2. 2.

   the amount of magnetic flux in a unit area perpendicular to the direction of magnetic flow

   Synonymsmagnetic field strengthmagnetic intensitymagnetic flux density

   Broaderfield strength

Questions about magnetic induction

What does magnetic induction mean?

magnetic induction means "the process that makes a substance magnetic (temporarily or permanently)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for magnetic induction?

Close synonyms include magnetization, magnetisation, magnetic field strength, magnetic intensity, magnetic flux density. 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 magnetic induction a common word?

magnetic induction 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.