MEANING
A circuit component that stores energy in a magnetic field when current flows through it.
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- coil inductor
- inductor winding
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The inductor hummed under the changing current.
A broken winding disabled the inductor.
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- inductor
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Primary category: sci-fi. Forms: Singular inductor; plural inductors. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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