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magneto
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Word definitions for magneto in dictionaries
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Magneto is a fictional character created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby . The character first appeared in Strange Tales #84, in May 1961, just before Atlas Comics became Marvel Comics . Even though the character name and creators are the same as the modern ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
magneto \mag*ne"to\ (m[a^]g*n[=e]"t[-o]), n. A small electric generator with an armature rotating in a magnetic field, having a secondary winding that generates a high voltage, such as one used to generate a voltage sufficient to cause a spark to jump between ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A small magnetic dynamo, especially one that provides power to the spark plugs of a small internal combustion engine. (from 19th c.)
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.