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SERIES-WOUND

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se⋅ries-wound

[seer-eez-wound]
–adjective Electricity.
noting a commutator motor in which the field circuit and armature circuit are connected in series.
Compare shunt-wound.


Origin:
1890–95
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se·ries-wound   (sîr'ēz-wound')
adj.  Of, relating to, or being a motor or dynamo in which the armature circuit and the field circuit are connected in series with the external circuit.
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