electromagnetic induction

American  

noun

Electricity.

1. the induction of an electromotive force by the motion of a conductor across a magnetic field or by a change in magnetic flux in a magnetic field.

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electromagnetic induction Cultural  

1. Production of an electric current (see also current) by changing the magnetic field enclosed by an electrical circuit. The most common use of electromagnetic induction is in the electric generator.

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Example Sentences

It turns out it has a lithium core, an electromagnetic induction node, and a contour spring!

From Slate • Nov. 11, 2019

The ultimate goal is to spin an assembly of magnets in a generator which will, well, generate voltage in a coil of wire thanks to electromagnetic induction.

From Scientific American • Aug. 8, 2019

Investigators used electromagnetic induction and ground-penetrating radar to search for evidence at Newblock Park, which operated as a dump in 1921, Booker T. Washington Cemetery and Oaklawn Cemetery.

From Washington Post • Sep. 28, 2018

One type of monitor to alert parents when a child is not breathing uses electromagnetic induction.

From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015

To produce discharges in tubes devoid of electrodes was, however, not easy to accomplish, for the only available means of producing an electromotive force in the discharge circuit was by electromagnetic induction.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 810, July 11, 1891 by Various