magnetos
Engine spark sources
Magnetos is the plural of magneto, a small electrical generator that produces current through spinning magnets.
Before electric starters became standard, magnetos provided the spark for internal combustion engines—turning the crank spun the magneto, which fired the spark plugs.
They remain common in small engines, aircraft, and vintage vehicles: The old tractor's magneto needed replacing.
Electricity-producing machine
- ignitionStarting combustion process
- armatureRotating electromagnetic coil
- sparkTiny fiery particle
- coilWound circular arrangement
rotor · flywheel · points · condenser · aircraft engine · tractor · vintage motorcycle · high tension
Mutant superhero collective
- villainWicked story antagonist
- mutantGenetically altered organism
- helmetProtective head covering
- capeShouldered sleeveless wrap
supervillain · Ian McKellen · Michael Fassbender · Holocaust survivor · antihero · Scarlet Witch · Marvel · levitation
Continuous change or flow
- eddy currentsInduced loops in conductors
- inductionFormal admission process
- alternating currentPeriodically reversing electrical flow
- statorImmobile motor component
windings · rotation · Faraday · electromotive force · hysteresis · laminations · gauss
generator
Electricity-producing machine
coil · rotor · flywheel · points · condenser · aircraft engine · tractor · vintage motorcycle · high tension · Bosch
X-Men
Mutant superhero collective
cape · supervillain · Ian McKellen · Michael Fassbender · Holocaust survivor · antihero · Scarlet Witch · Marvel · levitation
flux
Continuous change or flow
- eddy currentsInduced loops in conductors
- inductionFormal admission process
- alternating currentPeriodically reversing electrical flow
stator · windings · rotation · Faraday · electromotive force · hysteresis · laminations · gauss
- fridge magnetDecorative appliance cling
- magnetic fieldForce zone around magnets
- animal magnetismInnate power to attract
- refrigerator magnetDecorative kitchen holder
- magnetic poleAttraction endpoint of magnets
- horseshoe magnetCurved iron attractor
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