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slip ring
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slip ring
n.
A metal ring mounted on a rotating part of a machine to provide a continuous electrical connection through brushes on stationary contacts.
slip ring
n
(Engineering / 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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Noun1.slip ring - connection consisting of a metal ring on a rotating part of a machineslip 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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