Dictionary entry

Magneto-electric

Webster's Dictionary 1913

{ Mag′net‐o–e‐lec″tric (?), Mag′net‐o–e‐lec″tric‐al (?), } a.(Physics) Pertaining to, or characterized by, electricity by the action of magnets; as, magneto-electric induction.

Magneto-electric machine, a form of dynamo-electric machine in which the field is maintained by permanent steel magnets instead of electro-magnets.