INDUCTANCE UNIT

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A measure of the property of an electric circuit by which an electromotive force is induced in it

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("inductance unit" is a kind of...):

electromagnetic unit; emu (any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "inductance unit"):

abhenry (a unit of inductance equal to one billionth of a henry)

millihenry (a unit of inductance equal to one thousandth of a henry)

H; henry (a unit of inductance in which an induced electromotive force of one volt is produced when the current is varied at the rate of one ampere per second)

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