slip ring

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slip ring

A metal ring mounted on a rotating part of a machine to provide a continuous electrical connection through brushes on stationary contacts.

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slip ring

(Electrical Engineering) electrical engineering a metal ring, mounted on but insulated from a rotating shaft of a motor or generator, by means of which current can be led through stationary brushes into or out of a winding on the shaft

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slip′ ring`

(in an electric motor or generator) a metal ring that conducts current through stationary brushes to or from the coil or rotor.

[1895–1900]

slip′-ring`, adj.

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slip ring - connection consisting of a metal ring on a rotating part of a machine; provides a continuous electrical connection through brushes on stationary contacts

connecter, connector, connective, connection, connexion - an instrumentality that connects; "he soldered the connection"; "he didn't have the right connector between the amplifier and the speakers"

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