Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com

compound-wound

American  
[kom-pound-wound] / ˈkɒm paʊndˈwaʊnd /

adjective

Electricity.
  1. 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.


Other Word Forms

  • compound winding noun

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

This is what happens in the Edison compound-wound dynamo.

From Project Gutenberg

Edison was the first to use in practical work the compound-wound dynamo, and this was done in connection with his electric railway.

From Project Gutenberg

Sometimes they are compound-wound, but compounding is less important in telephone generators than in some other uses.

From Project Gutenberg

But the bullet had been unable to elude the compound-wound magnets, each of which now had quite four times the designed voltage impressed upon its coils.

From Project Gutenberg

The dynamo is a modern four-pole machine, compound-wound, with a rated output of 46 amperes, at 125 volts—in other words a dynamo of 5.75 kilowatts capacity, or 7.7 electrical horsepower.

From Project Gutenberg