SELF-INDUCTANCE Definition & Meaning

self-inductance

[ self-in-duhk-tuhns ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Electricity.

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

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

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of self-inductance¹

First recorded in 1885–90

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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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