The Collaborative International Dictionary
Self-excite
Self-excite \Self`-ex*cite"\, v. t. (Elec.) 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.
Usage examples of "self-excite".
He explained to him the shuttle armature and the self-exciting field, and commutation.