Definition of "self-induction" [self•-in•duc•tion]

• The generation by a changing current of an electromotive force in the same circuit. (noun)

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• "Consider trying self-induction methods that may encourage labor to begin."
• "The Daily Hazel important and legal self-induction"
• "In Louie's case, hysteresis -- the self-induction that makes it impossible to turn off current in a conductor instantaneously -- is a bit longer, in terms of his mental process, than the chemical delay was in his old body."