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Definition of Magneto
1. Noun. 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.
Generic synonyms: Generator
Group relationships: Ignition, Ignition System
Definition of Magneto
1. Noun. a dynamo that provides power to the spark plugs of a small internal combustion engine ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Magneto
1. a type of electric generator [n -TOS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Magneto
Literary usage of Magneto
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dyke's Automobile and Gasoline Engine Encyclopedia by Andrew Lee Dyke (1920)
"If magneto cannot be uncoupled, then time from magneto gear and gear driving it,
... Diagram snowing how a high tension magneto is usually timed; ..."
2. The Gasoline Automobile by George William Hobbs (1915)
"magneto Ignition.—It is a somewhat common idea that an engine will run ...
This contention has been frequently advanced in support of magneto ignition. ..."
3. A Dictionary of Electrical Words, Terms and Phrases by Edwin James Houston (1903)
"A magneto-electric machine employed for generating the currents used in electric
... magneto-Electric Bell.—An electric bell whose actuating current is ..."
4. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"А printing telegraph in which a magneto-electric machine is the working-power.
... In telephony, a magneto-telephone used to transmit speech or other sounds ..."
5. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1887)
"His letter of May 4, 1875, had said that he feared that the magneto- mode, that
is, by vibrating an armature, would give currents which would be too feeble ..."
6. Bulletin by Federal Board for Vocational Education, United States (1917)
"Q. If a magneto is gear driven, what precaution should be taken in installing it on
... A. By taking hold of the magneto shaft at the coupling or gear end, ..."
7. The Gasoline Automobile by Peter Martin Heldt (1918)
"CHAPTER XVII Combined magneto and Battery Systems In Europe it is the general
practice to depend for ignition solely on the high tension magneto, ..."
8. Experimental Electrical Engineering and Manual for Electrical Testing for by Vladimir Karapetoff (1922)
"The magneto current in this case will not operate the ringer, and to call a
subscriber on ... The diagram (d) shows a combined DC and AC magneto generator, ..."
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