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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Self-excite

· Self·-ex·cite · IPA
01 v. t. 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 c…
  1. 1.
    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.(Elec.)