| Absolute Coil | | The intrinsic property for a material to carry electric current |
| Amplitude Response | | A coil that responds to the total detected magnetic properties of a part. |
| Eddy Current | | When distance is varied between test object and probe coil |
| Cunductivity | | The disturbance in Eddy Current due to the proximity of abrupt change in geometry |
| Edge Effect | | Wave energy over a described range of frequency |
| Coupling | | Variation in coil spacing due to lateral movement |
| EDP | | 3 times the SDP |
| Defect Resolution | | An electrical current caused to flow in a conductor |
| Diamagnetic Materials | | Permeability is less than unity |
| Differential Coil | | Enables the separation of indications |
| Electromagnetic Testing | | 2 or more coils electrically connected in series |
| Lift-off | | Permeability slightly greater than unity |
| Filter | | Two coils with common impedance current in one causes voltage in the other |
| Impedance | | Examining the amplitude of the detected signal without being compared to phase. |
| Paramagnetic material | | Testing method using electromagnetic energy |
| Skin Effect | | Time displacement between 2 sign waves of the same frequency |
| Phase Angle | | The total opposition that a circuit presents to the flow of altenating current |
| Wobble | | Frequency goes up = Depth of penetration goes down |