† inductricadj.
Obsolete.
Operating by electrical induction.
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inducting1839
inductric1855
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magneto-inductive1879
1855 H. M. Noad Man. Electr. (ed. 4) I. 725 The manner in which this machine acts will be clearly understood by reference to the general principles of volta~inductric action.
1855 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Inductric, a term synonymous with..inducing. Inductric Contraction, a term for that contraction of the muscles, obtained without employing the electric current for its production.
1855 H. M. Noad Man. Electr. (ed. 4) I. 54 The originally active body is called the inductric, and that under its influence the inducteous; thus, in the last figure, A is the inductric and C the inducteous body.
Derivatives
inˈductrical adj. = main sense. (Webster, 1864).
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