inductance

  1. Noun.  The property of an electric circuit by which a voltage is induced in it by a changing magnetic field.
  2. Noun.  The quantity of the resulting electromagnetic flux divided by the current that produces it, measured in henries (SI symbol: '''H'''.).

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