"core loss" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: core losses [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} core loss (countable and uncountable, plural core losses)
  1. (electricity) Energy lost by hysteresis, eddy currents, or other anomalies in the core of an electrical device such as an armature, inductor, transformer, etc. Tags: countable, uncountable

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