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Definition of Electric motor

1. Noun. A motor that converts electricity to mechanical work.

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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