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Definition of Magnetic induction
1. Noun. The process that makes a substance magnetic (temporarily or permanently).
Generic synonyms: Action, Activity, Natural Action, Natural Process
Derivative terms: Magnetise, Magnetize
2. Noun. The amount of magnetic flux in a unit area perpendicular to the direction of magnetic flow.
Generic synonyms: Field Intensity, Field Strength
Lexicographical Neighbors of Magnetic Induction
Literary usage of Magnetic induction
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism by James Clerk Maxwell (1904)
"The magnetic force and the magnetic induction are identic*] outside the magnet,
but within the substance of the magnet they must lie carefully ..."
2. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1890)
"magnetic induction (continued). The Internal Friction of Iron, Nickel, and Cobalt,
studied by Means of Magnetic Cycles of very minute Range. ..."
3. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"Lei I'jJ be the direction of the magnetic induction* at P, ... Take, then, a
small circuit PQK perpendicular to the lina of magnetic induction (magnetic ..."
4. Report of the Annual Meeting (1865)
"In this paper electricity and magnetism were considered as a force in the same
way as heat and light ; and electric and magnetic induction were treated in ..."
5. The Alternate Current Transformer in Theory and Practice by John Ambrose Fleming (1896)
"The equation B = /* H is the expression of the fundamental relation between
magnetic force and magnetic induction. For all ordinary non-magnetic materials ..."