Inductance

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Inductance \In*duc"tance\, n. (Elec.)
     Capacity for induction; the coefficient of self-induction.
  
     Note: The unit of inductance is the henry.
           [Webster 1913 Suppl.]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  inductance
       n 1: (physics) a property of an electric circuit by which an
            electromotive force is induced in it by a variation of
            current [syn: {induction}]
       2: an electrical device that introduces inductance into a
          circuit [syn: {inductor}]