compound-wound
[kom-pound-wound]
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adjective Electricity.
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.
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Sometimes they are compound-wound, but compounding is less important in telephone generators than in some other uses.
Cyclopedia of Telephony and Telegraphy, Vol. 2Kempster Miller