Definition of Reluctivity

1. Noun. (physics) the resistance of a material to the establishment of a magnetic field in it.

Generic synonyms: Physical Property
Category relationships: Natural Philosophy, Physics

Definition of Reluctivity

1. n. Specific reluctance.

Definition of Reluctivity

1. Noun. The quantity equal to the reciprocal of magnetic permeability. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Reluctivity

reluctance motor
reluctance motors
reluctances
reluctancies
reluctancy
reluctant
reluctantly
reluctate
reluctated
reluctates
reluctating
reluctation
reluctations
relucted
relucting
reluctivity (current term)
relucts
relume
relumed
relumes
relumine
relumined
relumines
reluming
relumining
relvar
relvars
rely
rely on
relyed

Literary usage of Reluctivity

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Theory and Calculations of Electrical Circuits by Charles Proteus Steinmetz (1917)
"etc., the linear law of reluctivity (5) and (3) is rigidly obeyed by the metallic induction BO. In the more or less impure commercial materials, however, ..."

2. Ready Reference Tables: Volume I. Conversion Factors of Every Unit Or by Carl Hering (1904)
"reluctivity measures the number of times that a material resists or ... It is specific reluctance based on air; but as the reluctivity of air is unity, ..."

3. Theory and Calculations of Electrical Circuits by Charles Proteus Steinmetz (1917)
"... by Kennelly (1893) by introducing the reciprocal of the permeability, as reluctivity p, IH in the form, which can be derived from (3) by transposition. ..."

4. Modern Engineering Practice: Steam, Electricity, Mechanics by Frank Wakeley Gunsaulus, Ill American School (Chicago, American School (Chicago, Ill.) (1903)
"The reluctivity of a vacuum is unity and the ... The reluctivity of magnetic metals such as iron, steel, nickel, and cobalt vary quite widely from unity and ..."

5. Electricity and Magnetism for Engineers by Harold Pender (1918)
"Magnetic Permeability and reluctivity.—The reluctance of a magnetic circuit, like the resistance of an electric circuit, depends not only upon the size and ..."

6. Ready Reference Tables: Based on the Accurate Legal Standard Values of the by Carl Hering (1904)
"inches length X reluctivity X 0.393 700-Hsq. inches section. ... reluctivity measures the number of times that a material resists or opposes magnetic flux, ..."

7. The Dynamo: Its Theory, Design, and Manufacture by C. C. Hawkins (1922)
"reluctivity and reluctance. — The denominator of the above fraction bears a close resemblance to the expression for the electrical resistance of a conductor ..."

8. Theory and Calculation of Electric Circuits by Charles Proteus Steinmetz (1917)
"A very convenient form of this law has been found by Kennelly (1893) by introducing the reciprocal of the permeability, as reluctivity p, 1 H in the form, ..."

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