An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics
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The property of an electric circuit, or of two neighboring circuits, by virtue of which an electromotive force is induced in one circuit by a change of current in either of them.

Inductance, from induct, from L. inductus, p.p. of → induce + → -ance.

The inductance associated with an isolated electric circuit that is characteristic of the circuit's physical design.

→ self-; → inductance.