Eddy-current
noun
1.
an electric current in a conducting material that results from induction by a moving or varying magnetic field.
noun
1.
an electric current induced in a massive conductor, such as the core of an electromagnet, transformer, etc, by an alternating magnetic field Also called Foucault current
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