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self-excited

[ self-ik-sahy-tid ]

adjective

, Electricity.
  1. noting a generator with magnets that are excited by the current it produces.


self-excited

adjective

  1. (of an electrical machine) having the current for the magnetic field system generated by the machine itself or by an auxiliary machine coupled to it
  2. (of an oscillator) generating its own energy and depending on resonant circuits for frequency determination
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Words From

  • self-ex·ci·ta·tion [self, -ek-sahy-, tey, -sh, uh, n, -si-], noun
  • self-ex·citer noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of self-excited1

First recorded in 1895–1900
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Example Sentences

Wheeler called this a “self-excited circuit.”

Some of the most imaginative ideas in those days were coming from physicists like John Wheeler, who saw the universe as a “self-excited system” bootstrapped into being by conscious observers.

This self-excited state of ecstasy is an element of most religions in the same stage of development; and a low level it indicates.

The equipment obtains its power from a self-excited inductor type alternator.

Then there came the voices of the two children calling shyly outside the door, softly, with self-excited timidity: 'Ursula!

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