henry

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: Hen=ry

CIDE DICTIONARY

henry, n. [From Joseph Henry, an American physicist.].

 The unit of electric induction; the induction in a circuit when the electro-motive force induced in this circuit is one volt, while the inducing current varies at the rate of one ampère a second.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

henry, n. (pl. -ies or henrys) Electr. the SI unit of inductance which gives an electromotive force of one volt in a closed circuit with a uniform rate of change of current of one ampere per second.

Usage

Abbr.: H.

Etymology

J. Henry, Amer. physicist d. 1878