Crossword clues for alternator
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Alternator \Al"ter*na`tor\, n. (Elec.) An electric generator or dynamo for producing alternating currents.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1878, agent noun in Latin form from alternate (v.).
Wiktionary
n. An electric generator which produces alternating current through mechanical means.
WordNet
n. an old term for an electric generator that produces alternating current (especially in automobiles)
Wikipedia
An alternator is an electrical generator that converts mechanical energy to electrical energy in the form of alternating current. For reasons of cost and simplicity, most alternators use a rotating magnetic field with a stationary armature. Occasionally, a linear alternator or a rotating armature with a stationary magnetic field is used. In principle, any AC electrical generator can be called an alternator, but usually the term refers to small rotating machines driven by automotive and other internal combustion engines. An alternator that uses a permanent magnet for its magnetic field is called a magneto. Alternators in power stations driven by steam turbines are called turbo-alternators. Large 50 or 60 Hz three phase alternators in power plants generate most of the world's electric power, which is distributed by electric power grids.
Alternators are used in modern automobiles to charge the battery and to power the electrical system when its engine is running.
Until the 1960s, automobiles used DC dynamo generators with commutators. With the availability of affordable silicon diode rectifiers, alternators were used instead. This was encouraged by the increasing electrical power required for cars in this period, with increasing loads from larger headlamps, electric wipers, heated rear windows and other accessories.
Usage examples of "alternator".
Could you say to the soldier, here, that I just want to get my alternator fixed, then shove off?
I can make a radiotelephone call to the builders on the way, and we can probably have a new alternator and spinnaker pole waiting for us in Panama.
Brewster had replaced the gearbox with high-power alternators and a turboshaft engine, mounted vertically.
Batteries would not hold charges, generators and alternators might truly give off energy, but it could not be controlled and dissipated just about as fast as it was made.
Without the engine alternators, the radar drew power from its battery-operated motor generator, which emitted a high-pitched whine through the boat's aluminum hull, a sound that could be heard for some distance underwater.
The floor, work benches, and all available countertops were littered with a jumble of tools and equipment, parts, manuals, blackened spark plugs, cracked cylinder heads, valves, fan belts, drive shafts, alternators, and exhaust manifolds.
In front of him on his alternator was a series of angiographic studies.
Ray-Lube, spare fan belt, alternator, and three gallons of gasoline.
Gomez got the battery, electronic ignition box, cassette player, sheepskin, jack, lug wrenches, tire chains, half case of Ray-Lube, spare fan belt, alternator, and three gallons of gasoline.
Spare parts are packed in cardboard boxes and stacked on wooden shelves: starter motor, cooling pump, alternator, hydraulic hoses and fittings, v-belts, jumper wires, fuses, hose clamps, gasket material, nuts and bolts, sheet metal, silicone rubber, plywood, screw gun, duct tape, lube oil, hydraulic oil, transmission oil, and fuel filters.
Philips activated his alternator and X rays flashed by on the screen until he found Lisa Marino's angiogram study.
But that same day he had an emergency road service call and a repair bill for a new alternator.
Axle and bearing assemblies, brake system, starter motor, and alternator, all were probed and rejected.
Also a generator, voltage regulator and an alternator if you want the station to be mobile.