inductor

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin inductor, from Latin induco.

Pronunciation

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Noun

inductor (plural inductors)

1. (electronics) A passive device that introduces inductance into an electrical circuit.

   Synonym: coil

2. (medicine) An evocator or an organizer.
3. One who, or that which, inducts.

   Antonym: inductee

   • 1956, Charles Odier, Anxiety and Magic Thinking, New York, N.Y.: International Universities Press, Inc., →LCCN, page 281:

     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.

   • 1975, Industrial Economist, volume 8, page 11, column 2:

     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.

   • 1977, Frans N. Stokman, Roll Calls and Sponsorship, Leiden: A. W. Sijthoff, →ISBN, pages 141–142:

     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.

   • 1979, Capital: A Weekly Journal of Commerce, Industry, and Finance, volume 182, page 169, columns 1–2:

     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.

   • 1986, The Bombay Law Reporter, volume 88, page 628:

     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.

   • 1994 July 9, Melinda Newman, “Pop Radio Gives Garth A Great Big Kiss; News & Notes From The VH-1 Honors”, in Billboard, volume 106, number 28, page 14:

     When honoree Kenny G. was asked if he had attended Woodstock, he replied, “No, I was just being bar mitzvahed then, so that was more important than being at Woodstock.” His inductor, Jon Lovitz, jumped in and said, “I’m not as religious as [Kenny]; I’d rather have been at Woodstock.”

   • 2009, Holly George-Warren, editor, The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: The First 25 Years, HarperCollins, →ISBN, page 49:

     Inductor Graham Nash seized on the on-again, off-again feud between brothers Ray and Dave Davies, noting that he hoped there were enough awards because “I don’t want to see the brothers fighting again.”

   • 2012, Dan Fulop, Bob Breitbard: San Diego’s Sports Keeper, Bloomington, Ind.: AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 126:

     Breitbard, having served as inductor of numerous athletes into the Breitbard Hall of Fame for more than fifty years, finally became the inductee in 2006.

Related terms

• inductance

Translations

passive electrical device — see also coil

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• Czech: cívka (cs) f
• Finnish: kela (fi)
• French: inductance (fr) f
• German: Induktivität (de) f, Spule (de) f
• Hungarian: tekercs (hu)
• Icelandic: spóla, spólur f pl
• Ido: induktoro (io)
• Irish: ionduchtóir m
• Italian: please add this translation if you can
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Maori: pūpoapoa hiko
• Polish: cewka (pl) f, induktor (pl) m
• Spanish: inductor (es) m
• Tagalog: panawit
• Thai: ตัวเหนี่ยวนำ (dtuua-nìao-nam)
• Vietnamese: cuộn cảm (vi)

See also

• resistor
• capacitor

Latin

Etymology

From indūcō (“lead, bring in”) +‎ -tor (“-er”, agent suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /inˈduk.tor/, [ɪn̪ˈd̪ʊkt̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /inˈduk.tor/, [in̪ˈd̪ukt̪or]

Noun

inductor m (genitive inductōris); third declension

1. one who stirs up or rouses one, a chastiser, scourger

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	inductor	inductōrēs
genitive	inductōris	inductōrum
dative	inductōrī	inductōribus
accusative	inductōrem	inductōrēs
ablative	inductōre	inductōribus
vocative	inductor	inductōrēs

References

• “inductor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• inductor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• inductor in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French inducteur.

Noun

inductor n (plural inductori)

1. inductor

Declension

Declension of inductor

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) inductor	inductorul	(niște) inductori	inductorile
genitive/dative	(unui) inductor	inductorului	(unor) inductori	inductorilor
vocative	inductorule		inductorilor

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin inductor, from Latin inducō.

Adjective

inductor (feminine inductora, masculine plural inductores, feminine plural inductoras)

1. inducing

Noun

inductor m (plural inductores)

1. inductor

Related terms

• inducir

 

Further reading

• “inductor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28