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| defer1 |
to postpone induction of (someone) into military service. [1/3 definitions] |
| deferment |
a postponement of induction into military service. [1/2 definitions] |
| electrophorus |
an apparatus used to create static electricity by induction. |
| gauss |
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one maxwell or line of magnetic flux per square centimeter. |
| induce |
in logic, to reason by induction. [2/4 definitions] |
| inductance |
a circuit or device, such as an induction coil, in which a change in the current generates an electromotive force. [2 definitions] |
| induction heating |
the induction of an electric current, through the application of an alternating magnetic field, to heat a conducting material. |
| inductive |
of, pertaining to, or using electrical or magnetic induction. [2/4 definitions] |
| inductor |
a device that generates an electromotive force in an electric circuit by electromagnetic induction; coil. [1/2 definitions] |
| magnetic flux |
the total number of lines of induction moving through a specific area in a magnetic field. |
| transformer |
a device that transfers electric current from one circuit or set of circuits to another, by means of electromagnetic induction and usu. for the purpose of changing voltage. [1/2 definitions] |
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