henries

Variant of henry

henry definition

☆ henry (hen′rē)

noun pl. henrys -·rys or henries -·ries

Elec. the basic unit of electric inductance in the SI and MKS systems, equal to the inductance of a circuit in which the variation of current at the rate of one ampere per second induces an electromotive force of one volt: abbrev. H

Etymology: after J. Henry (1797-1878), U.S. physicist

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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