compound-wound
adjective
noting an electric device in which part of the field circuit is in parallel with the armature circuit and part is in series with it.
compound winding
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a word derived from
compound-wound.
Example Sentences
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Instead, however, of the magnetizing powers of these coils being united in the same direction as an ordinary compound winding, they are opposed to one another.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 623, December 10, 1887 by Various
It is furnished with alternative compound winding, in which the series winding is provided with a switch, which196 may be fixed either upon the machine itself or upon the switchboard.
Another device, patented by Mr. Crompton, is a modification of that method of field magnet winding commonly known as compound winding.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 623, December 10, 1887 by Various
To understand compound winding we must first understand two other methods of winding.
From The Story of Great Inventions by Elmer Ellsworth Burns
