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induced current

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induced current [in′düst ′kə·rənt]
(electromagnetism)
A current produced in a conductor by a time-varying magnetic field, as in induction heating.


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Other prediction methods that have been tried, tested and found flawed include using geo-electric sensors to measure large induced currents of electricity in rocks; monitoring flows of groundwater in seismic zones; and even using animals as zoological soothsayers.
Because the rotor turns at synchronous speed, no induced current flows in the damper cage of a synchronous motor while it's running.
Large power transformers at substations, which are grounded to the Earth, would be affected by geomagnetically induced current as a result of such a storm and fail.
 
 
 
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