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self-in⋅duc⋅tion

[self-in-duhk-shuhn]
–noun Electricity.
the process by which an electromotive force is induced in a circuit by a varying current in that circuit.

Origin:
1870–75
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self-in·duc·tion   (sělf'ĭn-dŭk'shən)
n.  The generation by a changing current of an electromotive force in the same circuit.
self'-in·duc'tive adj.
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