MAGNETO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does magneto mean? 

• MAGNETO (noun)
  The noun MAGNETO has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: MAGNETO used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MAGNETO (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

magneto; magnetoelectric machine

Hypernyms ("magneto" is a kind of...):

generator (engine that converts mechanical energy into electrical energy by electromagnetic induction)

Holonyms ("magneto" is a part of...):

ignition; ignition system (the mechanism that ignites the fuel in an internal-combustion engine)