eddy current

noun

1. an electric current in a conducting material that results from induction by a moving or varying magnetic field.

eddy current

noun

1. an electric current induced in a massive conductor, such as the core of an electromagnet, transformer, etc, by an alternating magnetic field Also calledFoucault current

Word History and Origins

Origin of eddy current¹

1590–1600, for an earlier sense

Example Sentences

Second, the eddy-current loss which is due to the circulation of currents through the mass of metal.

From Project Gutenberg

At the lower Neosho station, this fish preferred slow eddy-current over silt bottom, along the downstream portion of a gravel bar.

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