LENZ'S LAW


Meaning of LENZ'S LAW in English

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

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