magneto A magneto is an electrical generator that uses permanent magnets to produce periodic pulses of alternating current. Unlike a dynamo, a magneto does not contain a commutator to produce direct current. It is categorized as a form of alternator, ...

is a permanent magnet electrical generator. Magneto may also refer to:

Fictional characters

* Magneto (Marvel Comics), a comic book character in the Marvel Comics Universe ** Magneto (film series character), the ''X-Men'' film series adaptation * Magneto (Amalgam Comics), based in part on the character Magneto from Marvel Comics * Magneto (Atlas Comics), a different comic book character, created by Stan Lee before Atlas became Marvel * Captain Lance Magneto, title character of the shareware adventure game '' Cap'n Magneto''

Music

* Magneto (band), a Mexican boy band of the 1980s and 1990s * "Magneto" (song), the debut single of the British group Brigade * "Magneto", a track on ''

Skeleton Tree ''Skeleton Tree'' is the sixteenth studio album by Australian rock band Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. It was released on 9 September 2016 on Bad Seed Ltd. A follow-up to the band's critically acclaimed album '' Push the Sky Away'' (2013 ...

'', by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds * "Magneto", a song on '' Solid Pleasure'', the first Yello album

Other uses

* Operation Magneto, a 1985 South African military operation * Magneto, codename for Microsoft Windows Mobile 5.0 * Portuguese name of Magnetum, an ancient town and former bishopric, now Meinedo in Portugal and a Latin Catholic titular see, now

Lousada Lousada () is a town and municipality of the Porto district, in northern Portugal. The population in 2011 was 47,387, in an area of 96.08 km². It includes the site of Ancient Magnetum (Portuguese Magneto), in the civil parish Meinedo, which ...

* Ignition magneto, self-contained ignition system for internal combustion engines

Fictional characters

Music

Other uses

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