self-excited

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

adjective Electricity.

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

Origin of self-excited

First recorded in 1895–1900

OTHER WORDS FROM self-excited

self-ex·ci·ta·tion [self-ek-sahy-tey-shuh n, -si-] /ˈsɛlfˌɛk saɪˈteɪ ʃən, -sɪ-/, noun self-ex·cit·er, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for self-excited

self-excited

adjective

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