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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Eddy current

/ĕd'-ē kẽr'-ənt/ · Ed·dy cur·rent · IPA
01 An induced electric current circulating wholly within a mass of metal; -- called also Foucault current.
  1. 1.
    An induced electric current circulating wholly within a mass of metal; -- called also Foucault current.(Elec.) Also: Foucault current