self-excited

American  

[self-ik-sahy-tid] / ˈsɛlf ɪkˈsaɪ tɪd /

adjective

Electricity.

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

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self-excited British  

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

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Other Word Forms

• self-excitation
  noun
• self-exciter
  noun

Etymology

Origin of self-excited

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

The equipment obtains its power from a self-excited inductor type alternator.

From The Radio Boys Trailing a Voice or, Solving a Wireless Mystery by Chapman, Allen

Then there came the voices of the two children calling shyly outside the door, softly, with self-excited timidity: 'Ursula!

From Women in Love by Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)