inductor

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Medieval Latin inductor, from Latin induco. === Pronunciation === === Noun === inductor (plural inductors) (electronics) A passive device that introduces inductance into an electrical circuit. Synonym: coil (medicine) An evocator or an organizer. One who, or that which, inducts. Antonym: inductee ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== inductance ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== capacitor resistor == Latin == === Etymology === From indūcō (“lead, bring in”) +‎ -tor (“-er”, agent suffix). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɪnˈdʊk.tɔr] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [inˈduk.tor] === Noun === inductor m (genitive inductōris); third declension one who stirs up or rouses one, a chastiser, scourger ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. === 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, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French inducteur. === Noun === inductor n (plural inductori) inductor ==== Declension ==== == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Medieval Latin inductor, from Latin inducō. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /induɡˈtoɾ/ [ĩn̪.d̪uɣ̞ˈt̪oɾ] Rhymes: -oɾ Syllabification: in‧duc‧tor === Adjective === inductor (feminine inductora, masculine plural inductores, feminine plural inductoras) inducing === Noun === inductor m (plural inductores) inductor ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “inductor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025