slip ring


noun Electricity.

a metal ring, usually of copper or cast iron, mounted so that current may be conducted through stationary brushes into or out of a rotating member.

Origin of slip ring

First recorded in 1895–1900

OTHER WORDS FROM slip ring

slip-ring, adjective

British Dictionary definitions for slip ring

slip ring

noun

electrical engineering a metal ring, mounted on but insulated from a rotating shaft of a motor or generator, by means of which current can be led through stationary brushes into or out of a winding on the shaft