synchronous machine

noun

: a dynamoelectric machine (such as a generator or motor) that has a constant magnetic field and an armature which receives or delivers alternating current in synchronism with the motion of the machine and at a frequency equal to the product of the number of pairs of poles and the speed of the machine in revolutions per second compare alternator, converter sense b, motor sense 4, rectifier sense 3, synchronous converter

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