What are eddy currents or Foucault current

Whenever a conductor or a part of the conductor is moved in a magnetic field such that it is cutting the magnetic field lines or placed in a changing magnetic field the free electrons in the bulk of the metal start circulating in closed paths equivalent to current loops.

These loop currents resembles eddies in a fluid stream & hence called eddy currrent or foucault current.

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