inductors

Noun

inductor (plural inductors)

1. A passive device that introduces inductance into an electrical circuit.
   • The receiver on a locomotive passing over the inductors on the track on the approach side of a distant or multiple-aspect signal1958 April, “British Railways Automatic Train Control System”, in Railway Magazine, page 223, image caption

   Synonyms:

   coil

2. An evocator or an organizer.
3. One who, or that which, inducts.
   • In certain families one can find several “inductees” grouped around one influential “inductor.” I have observed the case of a forever complaining old lady, living with her married daughter, who attracted and shut everybody, mother, father, and two daughters, into the closed circle of their mutual...1956, Charles Odier, Anxiety and Magic Thinking, New York, N.Y.: International Universities Press, Inc., →LCCN, page 281

   Antonyms:

   inductee