self-inductance

[ self-in-duhk-tuhns ]

noun

, Electricity.

1. inductance inducing an electromotive force in the same circuit in which the motivating change of current occurs, equal to the number of flux linkages per unit of current.

self-inductance

noun

1. the inherent inductance of a circuit, given by the ratio of the electromotive force produced in the circuit by self-induction to the rate of change of current producing it. It is usually expressed in henries L Also calledcoefficient of self-induction

Word History and Origins

Origin of self-inductance¹

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

The inertia or mass of the bob is the analogue of what Thomson called the electromagnetic inertia of the coil and connections; what is now generally called the self-inductance of the conducting system.

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And any path in which such an effect will be produced we say has “self-inductance.”

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It’s hard to get electrons going around a coil and the self-inductance of a circuit tells us how hard it is.

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The harder it is the more self-inductance we say that the coil or circuit has.

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Just as the self-inductance of a coil opposes the starting of a stream of electrons, so it opposes the stopping of a stream which is already going.

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