Definition of inductance Inductance

/ɪndʌˈktʌns/ - [induktuns] - in•duct•ance

We found 8 definitions of inductance from 5 different sources.

What does inductance mean?

Noun
inductance - an electrical phenomenon whereby an electromotive force (EMF) is generated in a closed circuit by a change in the flow of current
		induction
		electrical phenomenon a physical phenomenon involving electricity
		mutual induction generation of electromotive forces in each other by two adjacent circuits
inductance - an electrical device (typically a conducting coil) that introduces inductance into a circuit
		inductor

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

inductance
Property of an electric circuit: The ratio of the magnetic flux to the current that causes it.
inductance
An electrical phenomenon whereby an electromotive force (EMF) is generated in a closed circuit by a change in the flow of current.

inductance
The property of a circuit in virtue of which it exercises induction and develops lines of force. It is defined variously. As clear and satisfactory a definition as any is the following, due to Sumpner and Fleming: Inductance is the ratio between the total induction through a circuit to the current producing it. "Thus taking a simple helix of five turns carrying a current of two units, and assuming that 1,000 lines of force passed through the central turn, of which owing to leakage only the end turns, there would be 800 + 900 + 1000 + 900 + 800, or 4,400 linkages of lines with the wire, and this being with 2 units of current, there would be 2,200 linkages with unit current, and consequently the self-inductance of the helix would be 2,200 centimetres." (Kennelly.) Inductance, as regards its dimensions is usually reduced to a length, hence the last word of the preceding quotation.
The practical unit of inductance is termed the henry, from Prof. Joseph Henry; the secohm, or the quad or quadrant. The latter alludes to the quadrant of the earth, the value in length of the unit in question.
one ampere per second through a one henry inductance produces one volt. A sinusoidal current produces a voltage 90 degrees ahead of the current, a cosine (the derivative of sine is cosine). One volt across one henry causes the current to increase at one ampere per second.]