💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Eddy current"
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| induction heatingnoun | The heating of an electrical conductor by eddy currents induced by a varying magnetic field. |
| induced currentnoun | An electric current due to variation in the magnetic field surrounding its conductor. |
| inductionnoun | An act of inducting. |
| eddy kinetic energynoun | (physics) The energy associated with the turbulent part of the flow of a fluid |
| electric currentnoun | (electromagnetism) A net unidirectional movement of electrons, or other charge carriers, caused by a potential difference. |
| electrodynamicsnoun | (physics) The phenomena associated with moving electric charges, and their interaction with electric and magnetic fields; the study of these phenomena. |
| foucault currentnoun | (physics) An eddy current. |
| electromagnetic inductionnoun | The production of an electrical potential difference in a conductor situated in a changing magnetic flux. |
| electromagnetohydrodynamicsnoun | (physics) The study of the interaction of electric and magnetic fields with electrically conducting or magnetic fluids. |
| hall effectnoun | (physics) the effect in which a conductor that carries an electric current perpendicular to an applied magnetic field develops a voltage gradient transverse to both current and field |
| electric energynoun | Electrical energy. |
| skin effectnoun | (physics) The tendency of an alternating current to distribute itself in a conductor such that the current density is greater near the surface than near the core. |
| direct currentnoun | (physics) An electric current that always flows in the same direction but may differ in intensity over time. |
| electrical currentnoun | Alternative form of electric current. [(electromagnetism) A net unidirectional movement of electrons, or other charge carriers, caused by a potential difference.] |
| mutual inductionnoun | (physics) The production of an electric current in a circuit by a changing current in a nearby one. |
| influencenoun | The power to affect, control or manipulate something or someone; the ability to change the development of fluctuating things such as conduct, thoughts or decisions. |
| injury currentnoun | (medicine) the electric current due to an injury potential |
| ettingshausen effectnoun | (physics) A thermoelectric or thermomagnetic phenomenon that affects the electric current in a conductor when a magnetic field is present. When applying a current (along the y-axis) and a perpendicular magnetic field (along the z-axis) a temperature gradient appears along the x-axis. |
| return currentnoun | (electrical engineering) The electric current in a circuit which flows back to its source, or to earth. |
| electrokinesisnoun | (fantasy, science fiction) The generation of electrical force using the mind alone. |
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