cross-magnetizing effect

cross-magnetizing effect

[¦krȯs ′mag·nə‚tīz·iŋ i′fekt]

(electromagnetism)

The distortion in the flux-density distribution in the air gap of an electric rotating machine caused by armature reaction.

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