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automixte

automixte noun: a system of driving automobiles employing a gasoline engine and an auxiliary reversible dynamo. When there is an excess of power, the dynamo is driven by the engine so as to charge a small storage battery; when there is a deficiency of power, the dynamo reverses and acts as an auxiliary motor.

Noun

automixte (uncountable)

  1. (attributive) A system of driving automobiles employing a gasoline engine and an auxiliary reversible dynamo. When there is an excess of power, the dynamo is driven by the engine so as to charge a small storage battery; when there is a deficiency of power, the dynamo reverses and acts as an auxiliary motor.

Origin of automixte

French

Questions about automixte

What does automixte mean?
Automixte means a system of driving automobiles employing a gasoline engine and an auxiliary reversible dynamo. When there is an excess of power, the dynamo is driven by the engine so as to charge a small storage battery; when there is a deficiency of power, the dynamo reverses and acts as an auxiliary motor.
What part of speech is automixte?
Automixte is a noun.

Words near automixte in the dictionary

  1. automimics
  2. automise
  3. automiser
  4. automisers
  5. automixis
  6. automixte
  7. automize
  8. automized
  9. automizer
  10. automizers
  11. automizes

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