eddy current
an electric current in a conducting material that results from induction by a moving or varying magnetic field.
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Second, the eddy-current loss which is due to the circulation of currents through the mass of metal.
The Boy Mechanic, Book 2 | VariousAt the lower Neosho station, this fish preferred slow eddy-current over silt bottom, along the downstream portion of a gravel bar.
Fish Populations, Following a Drought, in the Neosho and Marais des Cygnes Rivers of Kansas | James Everett Deacon
British Dictionary definitions for eddy current
an electric current induced in a massive conductor, such as the core of an electromagnet, transformer, etc, by an alternating magnetic field: Also called: Foucault current
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