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lenz's law

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.06 in modern English

Syllables
lenz's law
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

a law of electromagnetic induction which states that an electromotive force, induced in a conductor, is always in such a direction that the current it would produce would oppose the change which caused it; it is a form of the law of conservation of energy

Etymology

From Heinrich Lenz, German physicist.

Questions

What does lenz's law mean?
a law of electromagnetic induction which states that an electromotive force, induced in a conductor, is always in such a direction that the current it would produce would oppose the change which caused it; it is a form of the law of conservation of energy
Where does lenz's law come from?
From Heinrich Lenz, German physicist.

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