inductor

[ in-duhk-ter ]

noun

Also called inductance. Electricity. a coil used to introduce inductance into an electric circuit.
a person who inducts, as into office.

Origin of inductor

1645–55; <Medieval Latin: importer, instigator, Late Latin: schoolmaster, equivalent to Latin indūc(ere) (see induce) + -tor-tor

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How to use inductor in a sentence

These two elements control the flow of current in the circuit, and the inductor is a Josephson Junction, which is an aluminum oxide nanoscale junction.
IBM’s latest quantum chip breaks the elusive 100-qubit barrier | Charlotte Hu | November 19, 2021 | Popular-Science
The layout of the system looks like an inductor in parallel with a capacitor.
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My companion and inductor was a certain ‘Uncle Abe,’ a gentleman very much after the style and complexion of our own Jake here.
The Hunters' Feast | Mayne Reid
My thermic inductor transformers melted last week and I'm all in the air.
The Man Who Rocked the Earth | Arthur Train
Such alternators have stationary armatures in all cases and are of either the revolving magnet or inductor type.
Electric Transmission of Water Power | Alton D. Adams

And suppose a stray inductor beam just happened to graze the Waern living room.
The Best Made Plans | Everett B. Cole
The screen will ground out a Nerne-Herzfeld couple, and no bunch of fugitives is going to be lugging an inductor around with them.
The Best Made Plans | Everett B. Cole

British Dictionary definitions for inductor

inductor

/ (ɪnˈdʌktə) /

noun

a person or thing that inducts
a component, such as a coil, in an electrical circuit the main function of which is to produce inductance

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Scientific definitions for inductor

inductor

[ ĭn-dŭk′tər ]

An electrical component or circuit, especially an induction coil, that introduces inductance into a circuit.
A substance that causes an induced reaction. Unlike a catalyst, an inductor is irreversibly transformed in the reaction.

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