self-excited

[ self-ik-sahy-tid ]

adjectiveElectricity.
  1. noting a generator with magnets that are excited by the current it produces.

Origin of self-excited

1
First recorded in 1895–1900

Other words from self-excited

  • self-ex·ci·ta·tion [self-ek-sahy-tey-shuhn, -si-], /ˈsɛlfˌɛk saɪˈteɪ ʃən, -sɪ-/, noun
  • self-ex·cit·er, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for self-excited

self-excited

adjective
  1. (of an electrical machine) having the current for the magnetic field system generated by the machine itself or by an auxiliary machine coupled to it

  2. (of an oscillator) generating its own energy and depending on resonant circuits for frequency determination

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