electromagnetic induction

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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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electromagnetic induction

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

From Slate ● Nov. 11, 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

Any change in magnetic flux Φ induces an emf—the process is defined to be electromagnetic induction.

From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015

In fact it would be fair to say that a discovery as fundamental as Newton’s came more than a hundred years later when Faraday discovered his law of electromagnetic induction.

From Scientific American ● Apr. 16, 2014

Lenz' law says: In all cases of electromagnetic induction, the induced currents have such a direction that their reaction tends to stop the motion which produced them.

From Cyclopedia of Telephony & Telegraphy Vol. 1 A General Reference Work on Telephony, etc. etc. by Kempster Miller

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