autō
1. (verb) to trail behind, drag out, protract, prolong.
Ko te ope a Te Whatanui, e rangatū atu ana mā te one ki Ōhau. Ko Ngāti Apa e autō ake ana i uta (TTR 1990:334). / While Te Whatanui's party were advancing along the beach to Ōhau, Ngāti Apa were trailing behind them inland.
Synonyms: whakaupa, whakaroa, whakaupaupa, aukume
2. (modifier) slow, dilatory, tardy, trailing behind, protracted, prolonged.
I pā ā-tinana tonu a Īhāia ki ngā whakahaere a te kōti whenua i te wā o ngā huihuinga autō mō te poraka o Waikōpiro me ētahi atu, nō mua kē atu he whenua rāhui i kōwhakina mai i te poraka o Waipukurau (TTR 1994:30). / Ihaia had personal experience of the operations of land court during the protracted hearings concerning the Waikōpiro block and others, which were originally reserves separated off from the Waipukurau block.
Synonyms: auroa, horotete, takaroaroa, hōtoa
3. (noun) tail - something that trails behind.
Ki ētehi anō he tūruapō nō te rangi, arā, he whetūrere, raukura te āhua, e topatopa ana i te rangi, mārama tonu te autō ki muri (TTR 1994:173). / Others believe that it was celestial – that is, a comet in the shape of a feather soaring in the sky, with a bright tail behind.
autō
1. (modifier) magnetic.
Ko te pūngao auto te momo pūngao ka puritia ki roto i tētahi whaitua autō (RP 2009:355). / Magnetic energy is the type of energy held in a magnetic field.
Synonyms: aukume
2. (noun) magnet, magnetism.
Ko te pito raki me te pito tonga o tētahi autō ngā wāhi e tino kaha ana te whaitua autō (RP 2009:176). / The north and south poles of a magnet are the places where the magnetic field is strongest.
Synonyms: aukume
whaitua autō
1. (noun) magnetic field.
Ka puta te hua autōhiko i te rere o te iahiko i tētahi pūkawe hiko, pērā i te waea. He whaitua autō ka hua ake (RP 2009:202). / The electromagnetic effect is produced by the flow of electric current in a conductor, such as a wire. A magnetic field is formed (RP 2009:202).
tōpana autō
1. (noun) magnetic force.
Ko te tōpana autō te tō ka pā ki tētahi mea konganuku e noho mai ana ki roto i te whaitua autō e karapoti nei i tētahi autō (RP 2009:410). / Magnetic force is the pull of a magnet on a metal object sitting within its magnetic field (RP 2009:410).
Synonyms: aukume
