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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Mag·net·o-e·lec·tric Mag·net·o-e·lec·tric·al a. Physics Pertaining to, or characterized by, electricity by the action of magnets; as, magneto-electric induction.
 Magneto-electric machine, a form of dynamo-electric machine in which the field is maintained by permanent steel magnets instead of electro-magnets.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 magnetoelectric machine
      n : 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 [syn: magneto]