self-excited

[self-ik-sahy-tid]

adjective

Electricity.

1. noting a generator with magnets that are excited by the current it produces.

self-excited

adjective

1. (of an electrical machine) having the current for the magnetic field system generated by the machine itself or by an auxiliary machine coupled to it

2. (of an oscillator) generating its own energy and depending on resonant circuits for frequency determination

Other Word Forms

• self-excitation noun
• self-exciter noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of self-excited¹

First recorded in 1895–1900