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Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: magneto- combining form - indicating magnetism or magnetic properties: magnetosphere
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024mag•ne•to /mægˈnitoʊ/USA pronunciation n. [countable], pl. -tos. - Electricitya small electric generator in which magnets provide the magnetic field:The magneto was dead and so the mobile phone wouldn't work.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024mag•ne•to (mag nē′tō),USA pronunciation n., pl. -tos. [Elect.]- Electricitya small electric generator with an armature that rotates in a magnetic field provided by permanent magnets, as a generator supplying ignition current for certain types of internal combustion engines or a hand-operated generator for telephone signaling. Also called magne′toelec′tric gen′erator, magnetogenerator.
- short for magnetoelectric generator 1880–85
magneto-, - Electricitya combining form representing magnetic or magnetism in compound words:magnetochemistry.
Also,[esp. before a vowel,] magnet-. |