magnetoelectric machine

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magnetoelectric machine - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Magneto-electric \Mag`net*o-e*lec"tric\, Magneto-electrical
  \Mag`net*o-e*lec"tric*al\, a. (Physics)
     Pertaining to, or characterized by, electricity by the action
     of magnets; as, magneto-electric induction.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Magneto-electric machine, a form of dynamo-electric machine
        in which the field is maintained by permanent steel
        magnets instead of electro-magnets.
        [1913 Webster]

magnetoelectric machine - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  magnetoelectric machine
      n 1: a small dynamo with a secondary winding that produces a
           high voltage enabling a spark to jump between the poles of
           a spark plug in a gasoline engine [syn: magneto,
           magnetoelectric machine]