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Rotating-machine generator action

Shaft rotation moves conductors through a magnetic field (or a field past conductors), inducing an alternating EMF. Electromagnetic induction packaged as a machine.

Electromagnetismfirst reported 1832also: alternator, dynamo

Atlas record: 4 claims reference this phenomenon — 4 established.

Explorerelations · matrix context · routes · sources · cite

conditions: conductor required · magnetic field required
4claims59enumerated routes12routes with complete-composition evidence9candidate routes not searched3cited sources

Relations

drives · 1
Mechanical motion—drives→Rotating-machine generator actionestablished
  • a shaft turning a rotor inside a stator, or a magnet moved past a coil
produces · 1
Rotating-machine generator action—produces→Charge carriersestablished
member of · 1
Rotating-machine generator action—member of→Electromagnetic inductionestablished
implemented by · 1
Rotating-machine generator action—implemented by→Rotating electrical generatorestablished

Matrix context

D = disequilibrium row · C = coupling family column. A cell reads the state of the atlas for that pair.

Enumerated routes through this · 59 (showing 24)

Cited sources · 3

  1. [1]
    S. L. Dixon, C. A. Hall. Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics of Turbomachinery (7th ed.) (2014)
    Butterworth-Heinemann · doi:10.1016/C2011-0-05059-7 · crossref ✓ 2026-09-19 · record
  2. [2]
    M. Faraday. Experimental researches in electricity (1832)
    Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society 122, 125–162 · doi:10.1098/rstl.1832.0006 · crossref ✓ 2026-09-19 · record
  3. [3]
    L. D. Landau, E. M. Lifshitz, L. P. Pitaevskii. Electrodynamics of Continuous Media (Course of Theoretical Physics, Vol. 8, 2nd ed.) (1984)
    Pergamon · book, no DOI · record

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