inductor noun. [ɪn'dʌktǝ] M17.
[Late Latin, or from INDUCT + -OR.]
1. A person who inducts or initiates. rare. M17.

2. A person who inducts a member of the clergy to a benefice. E18.

3. A part of an electrical apparatus which acts inductively on another, esp. to produce an electromotive force or a current. M19.
b. A conductor or device in which an electromotive force or current is induced. M19.
c. A device (usu. a coil) possessing inductance or used on account of its inductance. E20.

4. Chemistry. A substance which accelerates a reaction by reacting with one of the substances involved, so differing from a catalyst by being consumed. E20.

5. Embryology. (A substance produced by) a region of an embryo capable of causing induction of development or differentiation. E20.

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