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Definitions: Inductance |
InductanceNoun1. (physics) a property of an electric circuit by which an electromotive force is induced in it by a variation of current. 2. An electrical device that introduces inductance into a circuit. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Electrical Engineering | A device used because of its inductance. Source: European Union. (references) |
| The quotient of the voltage by the time derivative of the current. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Post & Telecom | Device that winds. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: InductanceSynonyms: induction (n), inductor (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Inductance |
| English words defined with "inductance": abhenry ♦ choke, choke coil, choking coil, coil, core ♦ H, henry ♦ inductance unit, inductive, inductor ♦ millihenry, mutual inductance ♦ reactance, resonant circuit, resonator ♦ time constant. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "inductance": chike coil, coupling factor of 2 circuits, coupling factor of two circuits ♦ Electro-Magnetic Interference, equivalent series inductance, extrinsic inductance ♦ inductive coupling factor of 2 circuits, inductive coupling factor of two circuits ♦ line trap ♦ oscillatory circuit ♦ retard coil ♦ small choke. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Inductance" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. French (inductance). |
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Health | Primary among these sensors are the abdominal strain gauge, inductance plethysmograph, and nasal thermistor. (references) | |
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| "Inductance" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Inductance" is used about 161 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 161 | 24,661 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "inductance": aerial inductance ♦ equivalent series inductance ♦ extrinsic inductance ♦ Inductance coil ♦ inductance unit ♦ mutual inductance. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "inductance": low-inductance, self-inductance. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
inductance | 94 |
inductance meter | 19 |
calculation inductance | 9 |
formula inductance | 5 |
inductance mutual | 5 |
inductance self | 5 |
inductance measurement | 4 |
coil inductance | 4 |
calculator inductance | 4 |
electromagnetic inductance induction | 4 |
inductance leakage | 4 |
inductance measure | 3 |
inductance wire | 3 |
inductance low wire | 3 |
coil formula inductance mutual | 3 |
inductance low resistor | 2 |
inductance leakage winding | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "inductance"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | induktancë. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | ملف محاثة, المحاثة معامل الحث. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | самоиндукция (self-induction), коефициент на самоиндукция, индукция (induction), индуктивност. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 感"性. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | dosazení (installment, instalment). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | induktivitet (inductor), induktionsspole (inductor), induktionsmodstand, induktion (entrainment, evocation, induction), induktansspole (choke, choke coil, inductor), induktans, selvinduktionsspole (inductor), selvinduktion, reaktansspole (inductor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | inductor (field magnet, inductor), inductiviteit, inductiespoel (inductor), inductieklos (inductor), inductantie (inductor), zelfinductiespoel (choke, coil, inductor, reactance coil, reactor, self-induction coil), zelfinductie, wisselstroomweerstand (electrical impedance, impedance), spoel (bobbin, coil, electrical coil, inductor, reel, roll beam, shuttle, spindle, spool, winding), smoorspoel (chike coil, choke, choke coil, coil, impedance coil, inductor, reactance coil, reactor, self-induction coil, small choke). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | induktiokela (inductor), induktanssi, kuristin (choke, choke coil, inductor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | inductance (inductor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Induktivität (inductivity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | επαγωγή (deduction, entrainment, induction, inference). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | "שראות. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | induktív ellenállás (reactance), önindukció. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | induttanza (inductor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 도자. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | indughtys. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | inductanceay indutância (winding). (various references) inductanţã. (various references) индуктивность. (various references) induktanca. (various references) inductancia (inductor). (various references) induktans. (various references) indüktans, öz indüksiyon. (various references) індуктивність. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "inductance": inductances. (additional references) | |
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"Inductance" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: inductice. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "inductance" (pronounced i'ndu"ktuns) |
| 6 | -u" k t u n s | reluctance. |
| 4 | -t u n s | acceptance, acquaintance, admittance, assistance, capacitance, coexistence, competence, consistence, distance, existence, importance, impotence, inadvertence, incompetence, inheritance, insistence, instance, omnipotence, persistence, pittance, remittance, repentance, resistance, sentence, subsistence, substance. |
| 3 | -u n s | abeyance, abhorrence, absence, abstinence, abundance, accordance, acquiescence, adherence, admirations, adolescence, affluence, allegiance, alliance, allowance, ambiance, ambience, ambivalence, ambulance, annoyance, appearance, appliance, arrogance, ascendance, assurance, attendance, audience, avoidance, balance, belligerence, beneficence, benevolence, bioscience, brilliance, cadence, chrominance, circumference, clairvoyance, Clarence, clearance, cognizance, coherence, coincidence, coinsurance, comeuppance, compliance, concurrence, condolence, conference, confidence, confluence, conformance, congruence, connivance, conscience, consequence, continuance, contrivance, convalescence, convenience, convergence, conveyance, correspondence, countenance, counterbalance, counterintelligence, credence, dalliance, decadence, Defeasance, deference, defiance, deliverance, dependence, deterrence, deviance, difference, diligence, disallowance, disappearance, discontinuance, disobedience, dissidence, dissonance, disturbance, divergence, dominance, ebullience, elegance, eloquence, emergence, eminence, endurance, entrance, equivalence, essence, evanescence, evidence, excellence, expedience, experience, extravagance, exuberance, flamboyance, Florence, forbearance, fragrance, furtherance, governance, grievance, guidance, hindrance, ignorance, imbalance, immanence, imminence, impatience, impedance, imprudence, incidence, incoherence, incontinence, inconvenience, independence, indifference, indulgence, inexperience, inference, influence, innocence, insignificance, insolence, insurance, intelligence, interdependence, interference, intolerance, intransigence, invariance, irrelevance, irreverence, issuance, jurisprudence, licence, license, luminance, luminescence, maintenance, malfeasance, negligence, neuroscience, noncompliance, noninterference, nonviolence, nuisance, obedience, observance, obsolescence, occurrence, omnipresence, opulence, ordinance, Ordnance, overabundance, overconfidence, overdependence, overreliance, parlance, patience, penance, performance, permanence, persecutions, perseverance, pestilence, petulance, phosphorescence, precedence, predominance, preeminence, preference, preponderance, prescience, presence, prevalence, prominence, protuberance, provenance, Providence, province, prudence, pseudoscience, quintessence, radiance, reappearance, reassurance, recalcitrance, recognizance, reconnaissance, recurrence, reemergence, reference, reinspections, reinsurance, relevance, reliance, remembrance, reminiscence, resemblance, residence, resilience, resonance, resurgence, reticence, reverence, riddance, science, semblance, senescence, sequence, severance, significance, silence, submergence, subservience, subsidence, surveillance, sustenance, teleconference, temperance, tolerance, transcendence, transference, transience, turbulence, unbalance, utterance, Valence, variance, vehemence, vengeance, videoconference, vigilance, violence, virulence. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-c-d-e-i-n-n-t-u" | |
-2 letters: accident, cuneatic, incanted, incudate, inundate, uncinate. | |
-3 letters: ancient, audient, caducei, candent, dunnite, nuanced, tunicae, unacted. | |
-4 letters: accent, acetic, acetin, auntie, cadent, canine, canned, cannie, canted, cantic, centai, dautie, decant, dentin, detain, duenna, dunite, enatic, encina, incant, indent, induce, induct, innate, intend, nuance, tanned, tannic, tinned, tunica, tunned, unciae, undine, united, untied. | |
-5 letters: acned, acted. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-c-d-e-i-n-n-t-u" | |
+1 letter: inductances. | |
+2 letters: unvaccinated. | |
+4 letters: discontinuance, discountenance, uncontradicted. | |
+5 letters: discontinuances, discountenanced, discountenances. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)49 6E 64 75 63 74 61 6E 63 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).. -. -.. ..- -.-. - .- -. -.-. . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001001 01101110 01100100 01110101 01100011 01110100 01100001 01101110 01100011 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)I n d u c t a n c e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0049 006E 0064 0075 0063 0074 0061 006E 0063 0065 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)43807087698667806971 |
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