Inductor Meaning
/ɪnˈdʌkt/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA passive device that introduces inductance into an electrical circuit.
nounAn evocator or an organizer.
Sentence Examples
The inductor stored energy in the circuit.
The engineer designed an inductor for the filter.
The electrical circuit contains a small copper inductor.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The coil of wire acts as an ____ that stores energy in a magnetic field.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
A small ____ is used in the radio to help filter out any unwanted electrical noise.
Word Origin & History
Borrowed from Medieval Latin inductor, from Latin induco.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"The receiver on a locomotive passing over the inductors on the track on the approach side of a distant or multiple-aspect signal"
— 1958 April 26, “British Railways Automatic Train Control System”, in Railway Magazine, page 223, image caption:
"In certain families one can find several “inductees” grouped around one influential “inductor.” I have observed the case of a forever complaining old lady, living with her married daughter, who attracted and shut everybody, mother, father, and two daughters, into the closed circle of their mutual and reciprocal lamentations."
— 1956, Charles Odier, Anxiety and Magic Thinking, New York, N.Y.: International Universities Press, Inc., →LCCN, page 281:
"He should take all efforts to see that a personal link is well established and he should shape the person in a very healthy way. The success of this lies in the capability of the inductor also who should be able to draw out the interests of the inductees."
— 1975, Industrial Economist, volume 8, page 11, column 2:
"The vertices of the induced graph (called inductees) are a subset of the vertices of the original graph. The induction can be limited to common neighbors in a certain subset of vertices of the original graph, called the subset of inductors. Each inductor induces edges between the inductees."
— 1977, Frans N. Stokman, Roll Calls and Sponsorship, Leiden: A. W. Sijthoff, →ISBN, pages 141–142:
"Employee induction is practised in this country by many establishments in some form or the other and with varying degree of emphasis. […] It is natural for an inductee to look to the inductor for correct information as and when he finds the real-life situations out of line with what was conveyed."
— 1979, Capital: A Weekly Journal of Commerce, Industry, and Finance, volume 182, page 169, columns 1–2:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The coil of wire acts as an ____ that stores energy in a magnetic field.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
A small ____ is used in the radio to help filter out any unwanted electrical noise.