"magslip" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: magslips [plural]
Etymology: From "magnetic slip ring", because these replace electrical slip-rings that rely on direct contact. Head templates: {{en-noun}} magslip (plural magslips)
  1. (UK, Australia, New Zealand, Canada) Any of a variety of devices that rely on magnetic slip rings to drive a transmitter and receiver that rotate in unison. Tags: Australia, Canada, New-Zealand, UK Synonyms: mag-slip, mag slip

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          "ref": "1981, W E K Middleton, Radar Development in Canada, page 130",
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          "text": "There are two gyroscopes. One is a vertical keeping gyroscope whose signal goes through two selective transmitter magslips to a follow through magslip which is similarly operated by a rolling velocity gyroscope. The combined selected signal is transmitted to the hunter magslip of the oil motor and pump. The mechanical movement of a gyroscope alters the rotor position of the transmitter magslip and the current flow moves the rotor of the hunter magslip to a corresponding positon (just as transmitter and receiver telemotors).",
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