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Lenz's Law

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<definition id="fs-id1171242533819"> <term>Lenz’s law</term> <meaning id="fs-id1171242191232">direction of an induced emf opposes the change in magnetic flux that produced it; this is the negative sign in Faraday’s law</meaning> </definition>

Referencing norms: GrowingFluxGivesNegativeEmf, ShrinkingFluxGivesPositiveEmf

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<note id="fs-id1171242160295"> <title>Lenz’s Law</title> <para id="fs-id1171242185736">The direction of the induced emf drives current around a wire loop to always <emphasis effect="italics">oppose</emphasis> the change in magnetic flux that causes the emf.</para> </note>

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