Lenz's law

proper noun

a law of electromagnetic induction which states that an electromotive force, induced in a conductor, is always in such a direction that the current it would produce would oppose the change which caused it; it is a form of the law of conservation of energy

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. natural sciencesa law of electromagnetic induction which states that an electromotive force, induced in a conductor, is always in such a direction that the current it would produce would oppose the change which caused it; it is a form of the law of conservation of energy

Origin

From Heinrich Lenz, German physicist.

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