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Answer for the clue "Circuit device ", 8 letters:
inductor
Alternative clues for the word inductor
Word definitions for inductor in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1650s, from Latin inductor , agent noun from past participle stem of inducere (see induce ). Electromagnetic sense begins in 1837.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
An inductor , also called a coil or reactor , is a passive two-terminal electrical component which resists changes in electric current passing through it. It consists of a conductor such as a wire, usually wound into a coil . Energy is stored in a magnetic ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Inductor \In*duct"or\, n. [L., one who stirs up or rouses. See Induce .] The person who inducts another into an office or benefice. (Elec.) That portion of an electrical apparatus, in which is the inducing charge or current.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context physics English) a passive device that introduces inductance into an electrical circuit 2 (context medicine English) an evocator or an organizer
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. an electrical device that introduces inductance into a circuit [syn: inductance ]
Usage examples of inductor.
She picked up a set of gloves and some tools for her father, and then she went into the little nook where all of the resistors, capacitors, and inductors hung in bubble packs.
She had purchased a book on the subject months ago in Boston and had been reading it in free moments, learning about all the mysterious hieroglyphs that made up a circuit diagram: resistors, capacitors, and inductors.
It would take so long for the inductor waves of the new frequency to reach out the two million miles and then collapse into the analyzers and give their report of any object in space which had tended to deform them.
But when I told three of my students that Gullit and Van Basten were coming to town to pit their wits against Lineker and Shilton, the temptation was too much even for them, and I was instructed to buy tickets and act as their chaperon and inductor for the evening.