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inductor

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ɪnˈdʌkt/
  • Received-Pronunciation: [ɪnˈdʌkth]
  • General-American: /ɪnˈdʌktɚ/
  • General-American: [ɪnˈdʌkthɚ] ~ [ɪnˈdʌkthɹ̩]
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  • CMU ARPABET: IH2 N D AH1 K T ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A passive device that introduces inductance into an electrical circuit.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: business, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, electronics, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: coil

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

An evocator or an organizer.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: medicine, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

One who, or that which, inducts.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: inductee

4

noun

Meaning 4

an electrical device (typically a conducting coil) that introduces inductance into a circuit

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: inductance

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: electrical device

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin inductor, from Latin induco.

Across languages

Translations

26 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Asturian: inductor — passive electrical device — see also coil
  • Catalan: inductor — passive electrical device — see also coil
  • Czech: cívka — passive electrical device — see also coil
  • Finnish: kela — passive electrical device — see also coil
  • French: inductance — passive electrical device — see also coil
  • French: bobine — passive electrical device — see also coil
  • Galician: indutor — passive electrical device — see also coil
  • German: Induktivität — passive electrical device — see also coil
  • German: Spule — passive electrical device — see also coil
  • Hungarian: tekercs — passive electrical device — see also coil
  • Icelandic: spóla — passive electrical device — see also coil
  • Icelandic: spólur — passive electrical device — see also coil
  • Ido: induktoro — passive electrical device — see also coil
  • Irish: ionduchtóir — passive electrical device — see also coil
  • Māori: pūpoapoa hiko — passive electrical device — see also coil
  • Māori: pūkōpana — passive electrical device — see also coil
  • Polish: cewka — passive electrical device — see also coil
  • Polish: induktor — passive electrical device — see also coil
  • Portuguese: indutor — passive electrical device — see also coil
  • Spanish: inductor — passive electrical device — see also coil
  • Tagalog: panawit — passive electrical device — see also coil
  • Thai: ตัวเหนี่ยวนํา (dtuua-nìao-nam) — passive electrical device — see also coil
  • Turkish: bobin — passive electrical device — see also coil
  • Ottoman Turkish: بوبین (bobin) — passive electrical device — see also coil
  • Vietnamese: cuộn cảm — passive electrical device — see also coil
  • Welsh: anwythydd — passive electrical device — see also coil