magslipn.
/ˈmaɡslɪp/, U.S. /ˈmæɡslɪp/ Engineering.
A kind of electric motor designed so that, when it is operating as a receiver, the angular position of its rotor is maintained the same as that of the rotor of a similar motor electrically connected to it and operating as a transmitter. Originally: a particular design of receiver in which the rotor is a simple magnetic member without windings polarized by a fixed coil and moved by a three-phase stator. Cf. selsyn n., synchro n. a.
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electromotor1879
electric locomotive1880
shunt motor1883
shunt machine1888
repulsion motor1891
rotary converter1891
induction motor1897
traction motor1900
selsyn1926
torque motor1926
synchro1943
magslip1947
1947 Electronic Engin. 19 259/1 Small instruments of the magslip or selsyn type, in which shaft position corresponds to the angular datum of the input quantity.
1950 Engineering 29 Dec. 557/3 The forces developed by the gyroscopes are..small and therefore have to be amplified. This is achieved by means of a sensitive hydraulic-motor unit developed by the Admiralty, the signals being transmitted from the gyroscope to the hydraulic unit by a system of ‘magslips’. The magslip is, of course, well known as a device for the electrical transmission of angular displacements.
1962 J. Bell in G. A. T. Burdett Automatic Control Handbk. iv. 11 Magslips were developed for use in the Royal Navy for transmission of bearing, range and elevation data between observing instruments, calculating tables, searchlights and guns.
1986 H. I. Andrews Railway Traction xi. 276 Both axles were geared to magslip generators.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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