inductor

inductor

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin inductor, from Latin induco.

Noun

inductor (plural inductors)

1. (electronics) A passive device that introduces inductance into an electrical circuit.

   Synonym: coil

2. (medicine) an evocator or an organizer

Related terms

• inductance

Translations

passive electrical device

Czech: cívka (cs) f Finnish: kela (fi) French: inductance (fr) f German: Induktivität (de) f, Spule (de) f Icelandic: spóla, spólur f pl Ido: induktoro (io) Irish: ionduchtóir m Maori: pūpoapoa hiko Polish: cewka (pl) f, induktor (pl) m Tagalog: panawit Thai: ตัวเหนี่ยวนำ (dtuua-nìao-nam) Vietnamese: cuộn cảm

See also

• resistor
• capacitor

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Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /inˈduk.tor/, [ɪn̪ˈd̪ʊkt̪ɔr]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /inˈduk.tor/, [in̪ˈd̪ukt̪or]

Noun

inductor m (genitive inductōris); third declension

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

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	inductor	inductōrēs
Genitive	inductōris	inductōrum
Dative	inductōrī	inductōribus
Accusative	inductōrem	inductōrēs
Ablative	inductōre	inductōribus
Vocative	inductor	inductōrēs

References

• “inductor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• inductor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• inductor in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

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Romanian

Etymology

From French inducteur.

Noun

inductor n (plural inductori)

1. inductor

Declension

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

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin inductor, from Latin induco.

Adjective

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

1. inducing

Noun

inductor m (plural inductores)

1. inductor

Related terms

• inducir

Further reading

• “inductor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014