WordNet
self-inductance
n. the ratio of the electromotive force produced in a circuit by self-induction to the rate of change of current producing it, expressed in henries [syn: coefficient of self induction]
Usage examples of "self-inductance".
When a plus inductance in series made the self-inductance zero, neither plus nor minus, the immensely powerful device became docile.
If the field is changed by changing the current, it will, by Faraday's law, induce an electric field that will seek to restore the current and its field to its original value—all familiar to electrical engineers as Lenz's laws of self-inductance, mutual inductance, and so forth.