selsyn

noun

selsyn

noun

Etymology Short for self-synchronizing.

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Business, Electrical, Electrical engineering, Electricity, Electromagnetism, Energy, Engineering, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Physics A synchro whose currents are used directly to drive a receiver synchro that rotates in unison with the synchro transmitter.

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