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Commutator

A series of bars or segments so connected to the armature coils of a dynamo that rotation of the armature will, in conjunction with fixed brushes, result in unidirectional current output in the case of a generator and in the reversal of the current into the coils in the case of a motor. A switch for reversing the direction of an electric current.

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