inductor
/ɪnˈdʌktɚ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.36 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A passive device that introduces inductance into an electrical circuit.
noun
One who, or that which, inducts.
Example Sentences
- "The receiver on a locomotive passing over the inductors on the track on the approach side of a distant or multiple-aspect signal"
- "In certain families one can find several “inductees” grouped around one influential “inductor.” I have observed the case of a forever complaining old lady, living with her married daughter, who attracted and shut everybody, mother, father, and two daughters, into the closed circle of their mutual and reciprocal lamentations."
- "He should take all efforts to see that a personal link is well established and he should shape the person in a very healthy way. The success of this lies in the capability of the inductor also who should be able to draw out the interests of the inductees."
- "The vertices of the induced graph (called inductees) are a subset of the vertices of the original graph. The induction can be limited to common neighbors in a certain subset of vertices of the original graph, called the subset of inductors. Each inductor induces edges between the inductees."
- "Employee induction is practised in this country by many establishments in some form or the other and with varying degree of emphasis. […] It is natural for an inductee to look to the inductor for correct information as and when he finds the real-life situations out of line with what was conveyed."
- "Amrolia had inducted his son Jamshed together with that person’s wife and two children to stay with him in the flat afore-mentioned. Later on, relations between the inductor and inductees deteriorated."
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin inductor, from Latin induco.
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *dewk-, induco
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ɪnˈdʌktɚ/
- British English: /ɪnˈdʌkt/