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foucault current

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.83 in modern English

Syllables
fou-cault cur-rent
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An eddy current.

Etymology

After J. B. L. Foucault (1819-1868), French physicist.

Inflected Forms

Foucault currents (plural)

Questions

What does foucault current mean?
An eddy current.
Where does foucault current come from?
After J. B. L. Foucault (1819-1868), French physicist.

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