field winding

Other forms: field windings

Definitions of field winding
  1. noun
    the electric coil around a field magnet that produces the magneto motive force to set up the flux in an electric machine
    synonyms: field coil
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    type of:
    coil
    reactor consisting of a spiral of insulated wire that introduces inductance into a circuit
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