inductor

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Medieval Latin inductor, from Latin induco.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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inductor (plural inductors)

  1. (electronics) A passive device that introduces inductance into an electrical circuit.
    Synonym: coil
  2. (medicine) An evocator or an organizer.
  3. One who, or that which, inducts.
    Antonym: inductee
    • 1956, Charles Odier, Anxiety and Magic Thinking, New York, N.Y.: International Universities Press, Inc., →LCCN, page 281:
      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 and reciprocal lamentations.
    • 1975, Industrial Economist, volume 8, page 11, column 2:
      He should take all efforts to see that a personal link is well established and he should shape the person in a very healthy way. The success of this lies in the capability of the inductor also who should be able to draw out the interests of the inductees.
    • 1977, Frans N. Stokman, Roll Calls and Sponsorship, Leiden: A. W. Sijthoff, →ISBN, pages 141–142:
      The vertices of the induced graph (called inductees) are a subset of the vertices of the original graph. The induction can be limited to common neighbors in a certain subset of vertices of the original graph, called the subset of inductors. Each inductor induces edges between the inductees.
    • 1979, Capital: A Weekly Journal of Commerce, Industry, and Finance, volume 182, page 169, columns 1–2:
      Employee induction is practised in this country by many establishments in some form or the other and with varying degree of emphasis. […] It is natural for an inductee to look to the inductor for correct information as and when he finds the real-life situations out of line with what was conveyed.
    • 1986, The Bombay Law Reporter, volume 88, page 628:
      Amrolia had inducted his son Jamshed together with that person’s wife and two children to stay with him in the flat afore-mentioned. Later on, relations between the inductor and inductees deteriorated.
    • 1994 July 9, Melinda Newman, “Pop Radio Gives Garth A Great Big Kiss; News & Notes From The VH-1 Honors”, in Billboard, volume 106, number 28, page 14:
      When honoree Kenny G. was asked if he had attended Woodstock, he replied, “No, I was just being bar mitzvahed then, so that was more important than being at Woodstock.” His inductor, Jon Lovitz, jumped in and said, “I’m not as religious as [Kenny]; I’d rather have been at Woodstock.”
    • 2009, Holly George-Warren, editor, The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: The First 25 Years, HarperCollins, →ISBN, page 49:
      Inductor Graham Nash seized on the on-again, off-again feud between brothers Ray and Dave Davies, noting that he hoped there were enough awards because “I don’t want to see the brothers fighting again.”
    • 2012, Dan Fulop, Bob Breitbard: San Diego’s Sports Keeper, Bloomington, Ind.: AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 126:
      Breitbard, having served as inductor of numerous athletes into the Breitbard Hall of Fame for more than fifty years, finally became the inductee in 2006.
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Latin

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Etymology

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From indūcō (“lead, bring in”) +‎ -tor (“-er”, agent suffix).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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inductor m (genitive inductōris); third declension

  1. one who stirs up or rouses one, a chastiser, scourger

Declension

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Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative inductor inductōrēs
genitive inductōris inductōrum
dative inductōrī inductōribus
accusative inductōrem inductōrēs
ablative inductōre inductōribus
vocative inductor inductōrēs

References

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French inducteur.

Noun

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inductor n (plural inductori)

  1. inductor

Declension

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Declension of inductor
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) inductor inductorul (niște) inductori inductorile
genitive/dative (unui) inductor inductorului (unor) inductori inductorilor
vocative inductorule inductorilor

Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Medieval Latin inductor, from Latin inducō.

Adjective

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inductor (feminine inductora, masculine plural inductores, feminine plural inductoras)

  1. inducing

Noun

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inductor m (plural inductores)

  1. inductor
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