mutual induction

American  

noun

Electricity.

1. the production of an electromotive force in one circuit by a change in current in another circuit.

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mutual induction British  

noun

1. the production of an electromotive force in a circuit by a current change in a second circuit magnetically linked to the first See also mutual inductance Compare self-induction

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mutual induction Scientific  

1. The production of an electric potential in a circuit resulting from a change of current in a neighboring circuit. Mutual induction lies behind the operation of transformers.

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Etymology

Origin of mutual induction

First recorded in 1860–65

Example Sentences

"Do the pith-balls diverge by the disturbance of electricity through mutual induction or not?"

From Project Gutenberg

It becomes especially marked in a coil of wire, in which the adjacent turns act inductively upon each other upon the principle of mutual induction arising between two separate adjacent circuits.

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Induction between circuits occurs because the circuits possess inductance; it is called mutual induction.

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This helpful action of mutual induction is present in all long circuits, and it is the reason why we were able to speak to Brussels and even to Marseilles.

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In this discovery Henry anticipated Faraday though his results as to mutual induction were not published until he had heard rumors of Faraday's discovery, which he thought to be something different.

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