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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Induced by oneself or itself.
  • adjective Electricity Produced by self-induction.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Induced or brought on by itself; specifically, in electricity, set up by the inductive action of a fluctuating current in the same circuit: as, a self-induced current.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Indicating that a condition was caused by the action of the person it inflicts.
  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of self-induce.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective produced by electrical self-induction
  • adjective brought about by yourself

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