In the illustration the alternator panels are shown at the left and the feeder panels at the right.
The alternator began to buzz and spark, crackling viciously.
The roar of the alternator died down, first to a hum and then to a purr.
When the ends of the coil are connected to the terminals of an alternator the disc is set in rotation.
Examplesofalternator
alternator
Items from thealternatorand accusative classes tested learners' knowledge of se in the anticausative and passive constructions, where the agent argument is omitted.
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English passives, reflexives, and reciprocal constructions each utilize separate forms, and anticausative alternators require no overt morphology.
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Unaccusatives and anticausative alternators thus have in common the lack of a specified external agent for the action of the verb.
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Nevertheless, it seems reasonable to predict that substantial numbers of alternators occur in other groups.
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These two configurations are, in that sense, natural alternators.
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To show the effectiveness of the proposed method, case studies are presented for an electrical relay and an automobilealternator.
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The battery warning light remained on, however, and thealternatorwas not charging the battery at all.
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The relay consists of 10 parts, while thealternatorconsists of 13 parts.
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To show the effectiveness of the proposed scheme, case studies are presented for industrial products such as an electrical relay and an automobilealternator.
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Only two participants were able to use se in anticausative constructions withalternatorverbs, and only six could use the morpheme in a passive or impersonal construction.
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It is because the turbo alternators are not giving their design output.
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That is the capacity which can be generated by the station and fed through the alternators without causing damage to the alternators.
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In 1995, it produced its 10 millionthalternator.
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