magnetos
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pluralof magneto.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
magnetonouna small electric generator with an armature that rotates in a magnetic field provided by permanent magnets, as a generator supplying ignition current for certain types of internal combustion engines or a hand-operated generator for telephone signaling.
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Stromberg-Carlson had a $48,985 educational order for field-telephone magnetos, but was more interested in its booming domestic business of frequency-modulation radio sets.
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Son Jay was the "mechanician" during races, stopped leaks at full speed, at race's end took the magnetos home and dried them in the oven.
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Automobiles are not allowed within a mile of the Platanos receiving station antenna, lest the magnetos might cause interference.
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Today few U. S. automobiles drive the roads, few airplanes fly the skies, that do not have his gadgets in them: Bendix starters, radios, brakes, Stromberg as well as Zenith carburetors, Scintilla magnetos.
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The magnetos are driven from each of the two vertical shafts by small bevel pinions meshing in bevel gears.
From Aviation Engines Design?Construction?Operation and Repair by Victor Wilfred Pag?