self-exciting

A form of self-excite — To energize or excite (the field magnets of a dynamo) by induction from the residual magnetism of its cores, leading all or a part of the current thus produced through the field-magnet coils.

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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of self-excite
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