millihenry

[mil-uh-hen-ree]

noun

Electricity.

plural

millihenries, millihenrys 

1. a unit of inductance equal to one thousandth of a henry. mH, mh

Word History and Origins

Origin of millihenry¹

First recorded in 1905–10; milli- + henry

Example Sentences

The units of inductance commonly used in radio work are the millihenry, which is the thousandth part of a henry; and the centimeter of inductance, which is one one-thousandth part of a microhenry.

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