Magneto Definition

măg-nētō
magnetos
noun
magnetos
An electric generator in which one or more permanent magnets produce the magnetic field; esp., a small machine of this sort connected with and run by an internal-combustion engine, used to generate the electric current providing a spark for the ignition.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • magnetoelectric machine
prefix
Magnetism; magnetic.
Magnetoelectric.
American Heritage
Magnetic field.
Magnetometer.
American Heritage
Alternative form of magnet-.
Wiktionary
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Magnetism, magnetic force.
Magnetometer.
Webster's New World
Magnetoelectric.
Magnetohydrodynamics.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Magneto

Noun

Singular:
magneto
Plural:
magnetos

Origin of Magneto

  • Short for magnetoelectric machine

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Clipping of magneto-electric.

    From Wiktionary

  • magnet- +"Ž -o-

    From Wiktionary

  • From magnet

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • see magnet

    From Webster's New World College Dictionary, 5th Edition

Magneto Sentence Examples

  • The magneto system itself is dying out.

  • Though many types of manually operated switchboards have been brought into use, differing from each other in respect of circuit and working arrangements, yet each of them may be placed in one or other of three main classes according as the system of working is magneto, call-wire, or common battery.

  • The fundamental principle of the magneto system has been described in connexion with the " Standard board."

  • There are still many magneto exchanges in existence, but when new exchanges are erected only the very smallest are equipped for magneto working, that system having succumbed to the common battery one in the case of all equipments of moderate and large dimensions.

  • Holmes had made a magneto machine with multiple permanent magnets which was installed in 1862 in Dungeness lighthouse.

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