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Lenz's law

Lenz's law proper noun: a law of electromagnetic induction which states that an electromotive force, induced in a conductor, is always in such a direction that the current it would produce would oppose the change which caused it; it is a form of the law of conservation of energy.

Proper noun

Lenz's law

  1. a law of electromagnetic induction which states that an electromotive force, induced in a conductor, is always in such a direction that the current it would produce would oppose the change which caused it; it is a form of the law of conservation of energy

Origin of Lenz's law

From Heinrich Lenz, German physicist.

Questions about Lenz's law

What does Lenz's law mean?
Lenz's law means a law of electromagnetic induction which states that an electromotive force, induced in a conductor, is always in such a direction that the current it would produce would oppose the change which caused it; it is a form of the law of conservation of energy.
What part of speech is Lenz's law?
Lenz's law is a proper noun.

Words near Lenz's law in the dictionary

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  3. Lenz dysplasia
  4. Lenz microphthalmia syndrome
  5. Lenz syndrome
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  8. Lenz-Majewski syndrome
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  10. Lenzens
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