magnetoelectric machine

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

magnetoelectric machine
    n 1: a small dynamo with a secondary winding that produces a
         high voltage enabling a spark to jump between the poles of
         a spark plug in a gasoline engine [syn: {magneto},
         {magnetoelectric machine}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Magneto-electric \Mag`net*o-e*lec"tric\, Magneto-electrical
\Mag`net*o-e*lec"tric*al\, a. (Physics)
   Pertaining to, or characterized by, electricity by the action
   of magnets; as, magneto-electric induction.
   [1913 Webster]

   {Magneto-electric machine}, a form of dynamo-electric machine
      in which the field is maintained by permanent steel
      magnets instead of electro-magnets.
      [1913 Webster]