Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In electricity, containing no, or only very low, inductance. See
inductance . A non-inductive circuit is a circuit in which an alternating current flows in phase, or practically in phase, with the electromotive force.
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Examples
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Popper attempts to provide a non-inductive account of scientific method, which regards the aim of science as the truth.
The Karl Popper Problem Miller, David 1983
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Basically you want to create a non-inductive 50-ohm load.
The Great Amateur Sypher, Wylie 1965
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Of these coils, one is put in the condenser circuit, and the other in series with a non-inductive resistance r, shutting the condenser.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 795, March 28, 1891 Various
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FLEMING has shown by experiments that with a 2,000 volt alternating current with a water resistance, that the latter is quite non-inductive, and that the readings of the amperes may be taken, says the Electrical World, as a measurement of the voltage, and the product of the volts and amperes will represent correctly the power consumed.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 1082, September 26, 1896 Various
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International Marine Communications Company. 1,300 feet of phosphor-bronze wire was stretched 12 feet above the ground on ten poles spaced equally along the full length of the wire which was earthed at the far end through a non-inductive resistor.
The Dawn of Amateur Radio in the U.K. and Greece: a personal view Norman F. Joly
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The remedy for this difficulty, therefore, has been to place in series with each bell a very high non-inductive resistance of about 15,000 or
Cyclopedia of Telephony & Telegraphy Vol. 1 A General Reference Work on Telephony, etc. etc. George Patterson 1910
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Voice currents find ready path through these non-inductive windings because of the fact that, being non-inductive, they present only their straight ohmic resistance.
Cyclopedia of Telephony & Telegraphy Vol. 1 A General Reference Work on Telephony, etc. etc. George Patterson 1910
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If it is short-circuited, the shunt around the clearing-out drop will still have the resistance of two of the non-inductive windings included in it, and thus the drop will never be short-circuited by a very low-resistance path.
Cyclopedia of Telephony & Telegraphy Vol. 1 A General Reference Work on Telephony, etc. etc. George Patterson 1910
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Enumerate the different types of non-inductive resistance devices and give a short description of each.
Cyclopedia of Telephony & Telegraphy Vol. 1 A General Reference Work on Telephony, etc. etc. George Patterson 1910
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This is called a _non-inductive winding_ and is in reality an example of differential winding.
Cyclopedia of Telephony & Telegraphy Vol. 1 A General Reference Work on Telephony, etc. etc. George Patterson 1910
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