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Definition of Autotransformer
1. n. A transformer in which part of the primary winding is used as a secondary winding, or vice versa; -- called also a compensator or balancing coil.
Definition of Autotransformer
1. Noun. a transformer with a single winding, output being taken from taps ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Autotransformer
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Autotransformer
Literary usage of Autotransformer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Principles and Practice of Electrical Engineering by Alexander Gray (1917)
"FiG. 326.—Shell type of transformer. Illi illll I.dm. iv FIG. 328.—Three-phase
shell type of transformer. n* Turin -I* /I /: FIG. 329.—autotransformer. ..."
2. The Principles of Electrical Engineering and Their Application by Gisbert Kapp (1919)
"... regulation—Best division of losses —Choking coils—The autotransformer—Balancing
transformer for three wire system—Cooling—Transformer oil—Temperature ..."
3. United States Army X-ray Manual by United States Surgeon-General's Office (1918)
"The autotransformer is more suitable than a variable ratio step-down transformer,
... The autotransformer principle cannot be applied to x-ray and filament ..."
4. Direct-current Motor and Generator Troubles: Operation and Repair by Theodore S. Gandy, Elmer C. Schacht (1920)
"This mid-voltage point is derived by connecting a reactance coil, known as an
autotransformer, across the armature winding, the neutral line being connected ..."
5. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1908)
"In an autotransformer, the power transformed is equal to the current taken from
... For example, an autotransformer steps down from 2000 to 1000 volts and ..."
6. Controllers for Electric Motors: A Treatise on the Modern Industrial by Henry Duvall James (1919)
"If contacts 2 are now opened, one end of each autotransformer is disconnected
from the line and the motor is left across the line with a part of the ..."
7. Alternating Current Machines: Being the Second Volume of Dynamo Electric by Samuel Sheldon, Hobart Mason, Erich Hausmann (1911)
"136 shows a transformer and another one connected as an autotransformer doing
the same work. Since the required ratio of transformation is i to 2, ..."
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