1. the electric coil around a field magnet that produces the magneto motive force to set up the flux in an electric machine; [syn: field coil, field winding]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
field coil
n 1: the electric coil around a field magnet that produces the
magneto motive force to set up the flux in an electric
machine [syn: field coil, field winding]