An electromagnetic communication and detection system, relying on the fact that a moving magnet will induce an electrical current in a nearby conducting wire.

plural of induction loop

(game theory) The process of reasoning backwards in time, from the end of a problem or situation, to determine a sequence of optimal actions.

The process in which genetic signals are transmitted across a single embryonic layer, such as ectoderm.

(logic) reasoning from specific examples to general laws

A transformer that produces a high voltage alternating current pulse from a low voltage direct current supply, especially such a device in the starter motor of an automobile

(physics) the production of an electric current in a circuit by a changing current in a nearby one

The production of an electrical potential difference in a conductor situated in a changing magnetic flux.

Induction in a circuit caused by changes in the circuit itself.

(mechanics) An alternating current motor in which currents in the secondary wiring of the rotor are created by induction from the magnetic field of the primary winding of the stator.