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Automotive Dictionary: Magneto
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Automotive Dictionary: Magneto


Throughout this site we use many technical terms, and given the breadth of readership our site enjoys, sometimes we are remiss and incorrectly assume everyone knows what we are referring to. For those that do not, here are some explanations of the technical terms use.
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Magneto


Magneto
A device, fitted to most cars up to 1930 and still used on some motor cycles, to provide the necessary high-tension (HT) current to ignite an engineer's air-fuel mixture. It includes a dynamo, with the armature rotated by the engine, an induction coil, a rotating contact breaker and, on multi-cylinder engines, a distributor.
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