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Marvel Comics villain
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magneto
Alternative clues for the word magneto
- Villain in the "X-Men" movies
- Silver mesh installed in second generator
- "X-Men" villain whose mind can control metal objects
- X-Men villain
- A small dynamo with a secondary winding that produces a high voltage enabling a spark to jump between the poles of a spark plug in a gasoline engine
- Attractive comics hero?
- Current generator for some engines
Word definitions for magneto in dictionaries
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
" Magneto " is the debut single from the UK rock band, Brigade , off their debut album Lights . It reached #3 on the UK Rock Chart and #134 on the UK Singles Chart.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a small dynamo with a secondary winding that produces a high voltage enabling a spark to jump between the poles of a spark plug in a gasoline engine [syn: magnetoelectric machine ]
Usage examples of magneto.
A fresh battery could drive the little bulb day and night for four days and, if necessary, could be sent up, now that they had widened the bottleneck and double dihedron, to be recharged from the pedal-driven magneto that kept their telephone battery fresh.
Nicolson nodded heavily and gazed down at the shattered magneto, his mind dull and heavy with all the appalling implications that smashed magneto carried with it.
And McKinnon and Vannier were already making a round of the larger vessels behind the breakwater, checking for radio sets, smashing the magneto of the only other launch in the harbour.
I put one research team to work on a magneto system and another on the battery-and-coil type and again I hoped.
He had blown through the fuel system, checked the plugs, magneto and every other moving part that could possibly be at fault.
He had a wrench in his hand and was removing the bolts that fastened the magneto to the boat engine.
Roger carried the magneto over to the bench, and went back to the engine to unscrew the spark plug.
While Bill obeyed, Roger wrapped several turns of wire around the spark plug, and then he put it, together with the magneto, between the open jaws of the vise.
Now we have the outside shell of the spark plug, the case of the magneto and a wire lead all connected together.
Then he walked over to the magneto and took hold of the gear that was fastened to the shaft.
Not to go nowhere: just to keep the spark plugs and magneto from rusting and costing you twenty, twenty-five dollars for a new one all the way from Memphis or somewhere, maybe all the way back to the factory.
Farebrother set the throttle a fraction forward and switched on the magnetos and battery, the instruments sprang to life.
We did the engine run-up, checked both magnetos, then set flaps and pushed the throttle all the way in.
Marie leaned out the engine fuel mixture, then, when it died, switched off the magnetos and went through the rest of the engine shutdown checklist.
Guardia Civil man to step out from behind one of the palm trees and clap a set of magnetos on him before he reached the far side.