1. Plural of henry; a unit of electrical inductance in the International System of Units (SI), equal to the inductance of a circuit in which an induced electromotive force of one volt is produced when the electric current changes at a rate of one ampere per second.
Usage: technical; physics; symbol: H

Examples

• The inductor has a measured inductance of 5 henrys.
• Engineers specified the coil's inductance in henrys for the circuit design.
• The transformer's primary winding showed an inductance of 2.5 henrys.
• Larger inductors are often rated in henrys rather than millihenrys.
• The circuit required inductors with values between 1 and 10 henrys.