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Definition of Electric motor
1. Noun. A motor that converts electricity to mechanical work.
Group relationships: Electric Drill, Drum Sander, Electric Sander, Sander, Smoother, Electric Clock, Blower, Electric Fan, Electric Hammer, Electric Locomotive, Electric Mixer, Electric Refrigerator, Fridge, Electric Toothbrush, Electric Typewriter, Self-starter, Trackless Trolley, Trolley Coach, Trolleybus
Generic synonyms: Motor
Specialized synonyms: Starter, Starter Motor, Starting Motor, Synchronous Motor, Wiper Motor
Definition of Electric motor
1. Noun. A motor that converts electrical energy into kinetic energy. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Electric Motor
Literary usage of Electric motor
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1888)
"The regulation of the electric motor is accomplished in some cases by artificial
means ; but in the most approved type of electric motors the regulation is ..."
2. Transactions by European Orthodontic Society, Lina Oswald, Northern Ohio Dental Society, Ossory Archaeological Society, Wentworth Historical Society, Society of Automobile Engineers (1897)
"The control of the speed of an electric motor from a state of rest to that of
full speed is a problem of rapidly growing importance to the electrical ..."
3. Report of the Annual Meeting (1899)
"The Application of the electric motor to small Industrial Purposes and its Effects
... The electric motor has paramount advantages over any other method of ..."
4. Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers by American Institute of Electrical Engineers (1908)
"... the electric motor for the steam locomotive engine. Three-phase and single-phase
alternating-current railway motors are now developed to a point where ..."
5. Dyke's Automobile and Gasoline Engine Encyclopedia by Andrew Lee Dyke (1920)
"The power plant; an electric motor (series wound) and similar in many ...
The horse power of the electric motor is usually 3 to 10 hp The 42 or 44 cell ..."
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