dynamo-electric machine

noun

A generator that creates electricity using spinning magnets; a dynamo.

OriginGerman dynamoelektrische Maschine →
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Meanings

noundynamo-electric machine (plural dynamo-electric machines)

plural dynamo-electric machines

  1. A generator that creates electricity using spinning magnets; a dynamo.

Origin

  1. Germandynamoelektrische Maschine
  2. Englishdynamo-electric machine

Calque of German dynamoelektrische Maschine, coined by Werner von Siemens.

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