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Noun: magnetoelectric machine
  1. A small dynamo with a secondary winding that produces a high voltage enabling a spark to jump between the poles of a spark plug in a petrol engine
    "The vintage motorcycle's ignition system relied on a magnetoelectric machine";
    - magneto

Derived forms: magnetoelectric machines

Type of: generator

Part of: ignition, ignition system