{ } a. (Physics) Pertaining to, or characterized by, electricity by the action of magnets; as, magneto-electric induction. [ 1913 Webster ]

Magneto-electric machine, a form of dynamo-electric machine in which the field is maintained by permanent steel magnets instead of electro-magnets. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Electricity evolved by the action of magnets. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Physics) That branch of science which treats of the development of electricity by the action of magnets; -- the counterpart of electro-magnetism. [ 1913 Webster ]