Inductance

Inductance

The characteristic of an electric circuit by which varying current in it produces a varying magnetic field which causes voltages in the same circuit or in a nearby circuit.

This is auto-generated content. You can help to improve it.

0 0

Improve it

Add an image

Part of Speech: noun
Synonym(s):
Blossary:
Industry/Domain: Electrical equipment
Category: Motors
Company: Baldor
Product:
Acronym-Abbreviation:

Collect to Blossary

Other Languages:

Related terms

induction

Biology; Neuroscience

The ability of a cell or tissue to influence the fate of nearby cells or tissues during development by chemical signals.

induction

Archaeology; Evolution

The process of deriving general principles from particular facts.

induct

Education; SAT vocabulary

To bring in.

induction

Philosophy; General philosophy

Ideally, a form of reasoning in which one moves from one or more premises to a conclusion in such a way that while the conclusion seems to have been given some justification, it ...

induction

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

A method of reasoning in which one proceeds by generalization from a series of specific observations so as to derive general conclusions (cf. Deduction).

induction (B)

Materials science; Magnetics

The magnetic flux per unit area of a section normal to the direction of flux. Measured in Gauss, in the C.G.S. system of units.

resistance thermal detectors (RTD)

Electrical equipment; Motors

A resistance device used to measure temperature change in the motor windings to detect a possible over heating condition. These detectors would be embedded into the winding slot ...

bearing rtd

Electrical equipment; Motors

A probe used to measure bearing temperature to detect an overheating condition. The RTD's resistance varies with the temperature of the bearings.

reactance (inductive)

Electrical equipment; Motors

The characteristic of a coil, when connected to alternating current, which causes the current to lag the voltage in time phase. The current wave reaches its peak later than the ...

power code

Electrical equipment; Motors

Identifies the type of power supply providing power to a DC motor. Frequency, voltage, and type of rectifier configuration.

power factor

Electrical equipment; Motors

A measurement of the time phase difference between the voltage and current in an AC circuit. It is represented by the cosine of the angle of this phase difference. For an angle of ...

primary winding

Electrical equipment; Motors

That winding of a motor, transformer or other electrical device which is connected to the power source.

Terms in the News

Featured Terms

Harry8L

0
Terms
0
Blossaries
1
Followers

Industry/Domain: People Category: Politicians

Hugo Chavez

Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías (28 July 1954 – 5 March 2013) was the President of Venezuela since 1999. After an unsuccessful coup d'etat in 1992 against ...