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What does inductance mean?

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Noun
  1. (physics) The property of an electric circuit by which a voltage is induced in it by a changing magnetic field.
  2. The quantity of the resulting electromagnetic flux divided by the current that produces it, measured in henries (SI symbol: H.)
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This novel and robust, multi axis, force input sensor is based on the principal of mutual inductance.
In a lossy transmission line model, the resistance, capacitance and inductance are distributed over the line length.
Though it is certainly not obvious, it can be shown that the mutual inductance is the same for both circuits.
He had learned that an inductance coil was a closed circuit with no current of its own.
Should the deformation lead to the decrease in the coil's inductance, the energy of the magnetic field will increase.
A typical building lightning conductor has an inductance in the order of 15 microhenries per foot.

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