self-excited

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English

Etymology

From self- +‎ excited.

Adjective

self-excited

  1. Relating to a machine or system that generates or excites its own magnetic field.
    • 1961 October, “The first 1,250 h.p. Birmingham/Sulzer Type 2 diesels enter service”, in Trains Illustrated, page 607:
      The main generator, of type WT.981, is a 10-pole, single-bearing machine with four field windings - separately excited, self-excited, reverse series and starting. [...] Generator excitation is obtained by a combination of the separately-excited and self-excited fields, and the output is controlled by a resistance in the separate field circuit adjusted by the load regulator under the control of the engine governor.

Verb

self-excited

  1. simple past and past participle of self-excite

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