ˈlen(t)sə̇z-, -nzə̇z- noun
Usage: usually capitalized 1st L
Etymology: after H. F. E. Lenz died 1865 German physicist, its formulator
: a law in physics: the electromotive force due to electromagnetic induction tends to produce a current in such direction that the reaction of the current with the inducing flux opposes whatever change is responsible for the induction