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Foucault current
Foucault current Fou`cault" cur`rent [After J. B. L. Foucault (1819-68), French physicist.] (Elec.) An eddy current.
Foucault current
Eddy current Ed"dy cur"rent (Elec.) An induced electric current circulating wholly within a mass of metal; -- called also Foucault current.

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- Paul-Michel Foucault (UK: /ˈfuːkoʊ/ FOO-koh, US: /fuːˈkoʊ/ foo-KOH; French: [pɔl miʃɛl ****o]; 15 October 1926 – 25 June 1984) was a French historian of...
- The Foucault pendulum or Foucault's pendulum is a simple device named after French physicist Léon Foucault, conceived as an experiment to demonstrate the...
- Foucault's Pendulum (original title: Il pendolo di Foucault [il ˈpɛndolo di fuˈko]) is a novel by Italian writer and philosopher Umberto Eco. It was first...
- Foucault may refer to: Foucault (surname) Léon Foucault (1819–1868), French physicist. Three notable objects were named after him: Foucault (crater),...
- Jean Bernard Léon Foucault (UK: /ʒɒ̃ ˈbɛərnɑːr ˌleɪɒ̃ ˈfuːkoʊ/, US: /ˌʒɒ̃ bɛərˈnɑːr leɪˌɒ̃ fuːˈkoʊ/; French: [ʒɑ̃ bɛʁnaʁ leɔ̃ ****o]; 18 September 1819...
- Foucault is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Jean-Pierre Foucault (born 1947), French television host Jeffrey Foucault (born 1976)...
- Marcel Foucault (1865–1947) was a French philosopher and psychologist. Marcel Foucault was professor of philosophy at the University of Montpellier. In...
- Fizeau–Foucault apparatus may refer to either of two nineteenth-century experiments to measure the speed of light: Fizeau's measurement of the speed of...
- Jean-Pierre Foucault (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ pjɛʁ ****o]; born 23 November 1947) is a French television and radio host. He was born in M****ille, his...
- The Foucault gyroscope was a gyroscope created by French physicist Léon Foucault in 1852, conceived as a follow-up experiment to his pendulum in order...