Definition of Magnetic induction

1. Noun. The process that makes a substance magnetic (temporarily or permanently).

Exact synonyms: Magnetisation, Magnetization
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.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Magnetic Induction

magnetic energies
magnetic energy
magnetic equator
magnetic field
magnetic field gradient
magnetic field strength
magnetic fields
magnetic flux
magnetic flux densities
magnetic flux density
magnetic flux unit
magnetic force
magnetic head
magnetic implant
magnetic inclination
magnetic induction (current term)
magnetic inertia
magnetic ink
magnetic intensity
magnetic iron-ore
magnetic island
magnetic lens
magnetic levitation
magnetic levitation train
magnetic line of force
magnetic mach number
magnetic medium
magnetic meridian
magnetic mine
magnetic moment

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 ..."

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