Meanings
adjectiveself-energising (not comparable)
alternative self-energizing
- UKnot comparableContaining means for augmentation of power within itself.
[...] but the voltage between the steps is automatically increased by the use of a self-energising, servo-controlled double transductor (magnetic amplifier), giving perfectly smooth take-up at the price of the extra weight of the installation.
1961 May, “New European motive power: I - German dual-voltage locomotives”, in Trains Illustrated, page 307
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