Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One that excites.
- noun An auxiliary generator used to provide field current for a larger generator or alternator.
- noun Electronics An oscillator for generating the carrier frequency of a transmitter.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who or that which excites; one who puts in motion, or the cause which awakens and moves or sets in operation.
- noun In medicine, a stimulant; an excitant.
- noun In electricity, the dynamo-electric machine, battery, or other apparatus, which supplies current to energize the magnetic fields of other electric machines.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who, or that which, excites.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A person who
excites - noun The
electronic oscillator that generates the carrier signal for atransmitter
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Examples
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This requires more current from the exciter, which is achieved by increasing its excitation.
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It's a wholly new development from the gravity line repulser theory, and it shows that this coil will act as a self-exciter.
"The Morons" by Harl Vincent, part 2 Johnny Pez 2010
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So-you construct the analog field with an electrical exciter.
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Generators weren't supposed to be cut out in transit; the exciter current for starting was supplied normally from special lines run in from dock before take-off.
Archive 2009-08-01 Johnny Pez 2009
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With that out, the generator couldn't be restarted till the blast was restarted from a jury-rig exciter circuit.
Archive 2009-08-01 Johnny Pez 2009
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Rigging jury exciter circuits would take hours, and in the meantime nothing but low-voltage storage-battery power would be available.
"Neutral Vessel" by Harl Vincent, part 2 Johnny Pez 2009
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Rigging jury exciter circuits would take hours, and in the meantime nothing but low-voltage storage-battery power would be available.
Archive 2009-08-01 Johnny Pez 2009
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Hier un membre du tribunal révolutionnaire a voulu exciter des citoyens à insulter un représentant du peuple qui a toujours été sur la brèche de la révolution.
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With that out, the generator couldn't be restarted till the blast was restarted from a jury-rig exciter circuit.
"Neutral Vessel" by Harl Vincent, part 2 Johnny Pez 2009
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Generators weren't supposed to be cut out in transit; the exciter current for starting was supplied normally from special lines run in from dock before take-off.
"Neutral Vessel" by Harl Vincent, part 2 Johnny Pez 2009
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