Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
No pronunciation record was provided for this word.
An induced electric current formed within the body of a conductor when it is exposed to a time varying magnetic field; used in induction heating and in some braking and damping systems.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
-
Bulgarian:
ток на Фуко
(tok na Fuko)
— an induced electric current
-
Catalan:
corrent de Foucault
— an induced electric current
-
Dutch:
wervelstroom
— an induced electric current
-
Finnish:
pyörrevirta
— an induced electric current
-
French:
courants de Foucault
— an induced electric current
-
German:
Wirbelstrom
— an induced electric current
-
Spanish:
corriente de Foucault
— an induced electric current
-
Swedish:
virvelström
— an induced electric current