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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

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]


The 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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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]