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Commutator   Listen
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Commutator  n.  (Elec.) A piece of apparatus used for reversing the direction of an electrical current; an attachment to certain electrical machines, by means of which alternating currents are made to be continuous or to have the same direction. It may be attached to the end of the spindle of an electric motor, where a brush is in contact sequentially with the parts of the spindle that conduct current to the different windings of the motor.






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"Commutator" Quotes from Famous Books



... Commutator for Incandescent Lamps.—An apparatus for lighting automatically a new lamp to replace one that has failed. ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 595, May 28, 1887 • Various

... of wire called the armature are set into rapid revolution between the poles of powerful electro-magnets. All currents are caused to flow from the armature in one direction by means of a contrivance called the commutator. Very successful machines of this sort are the Gramme machine, the Siemens, and, principally, the so-called Brush machine. By these the electric light is ...
— A Catechism of Familiar Things; Their History, and the Events Which Led to Their Discovery • Benziger Brothers



Words linked to "Commutator" :   electric switch, commutate, electrical switch



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