field current
Americannoun
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I relentlessly ordered the field current to be still further reduced.
From The Diary of a U-boat Commander With an Introduction and Explanatory Notes by Etienne by Sir Stephen King-Hall
This reduces the shunt field current, causing a decrease in generator voltage and hence current output.
From The Automobile Storage Battery Its Care And Repair by Otto A. Witte
If the disc be rotated and the field current interrupted, the current through the armature will continue to flow and the field magnets will lose their strength comparatively slowly.
From The inventions, researches and writings of Nikola Tesla With special reference to his work in polyphase currents and high potential lighting by Thomas Commerford Martin
The diaphragms were connected to a transistorized circuit designed to modulate the field current to the electromagnets.
From Tom Swift and The Visitor from Planet X by Victor [pseud.] Appleton
Still more time may be saved by leaving the field current on the generator.
From Steam Turbines A Book of Instruction for the Adjustment and Operation of the Principal Types of this Class of Prime Movers by Hubert E. (Hubert Edwin) Collins
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