Definition of Power-driven

1. Adjective. Powered by a motor. "A power-driven hand tool"

Similar to: Powered

Lexicographical Neighbors of Power-driven

powdery
powdery mildew
powdike
powdikes
powdre
powdres
powdry
powellite
power
power-broker
power-brokers
power-dive
power-driven (current term)
power-line
power-line communication
power-line communications
power-lines
power-station worker
power-trip
power-tripped
power-tripping
power-trips
power-up
power-ups
power-walk
power-walked
power-walking

Literary usage of Power-driven

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Mining Engineers' Handbook by Robert Peele (1918)
"(On power-driven lines, the governor on driving motor ... power-driven tramway. When using less than 20 hp, connection to the 41 shaft is conveniently made ..."

2. Sewage Disposal by Leonard Parker Kinnicutt (1919)
"Stationary Screen with power-driven Rakes (copied by permission from Dunbar, 1908). Bar Screens Cleaned by Mechanically Driven Rakes or Brushes. ..."

3. The Economy Factor in Steam-power Plants by George Walter Hawkins (1908)
"... to drive these auxiliaries in any other way, due to regulation losses and difficulties, equations have not been presented for power-driven pumps. ..."

4. The Geography of Illinois by Douglas Clay Ridgley (1921)
"SHEARING SHEEP WITH power-driven SHEARS, KIRKLAND, DE KALB COUNTY Sheep, shipped from the far West, are unloaded and fed at Kirkland, then sheared before ..."

5. Steam Power Plant Auxiliaries and Accessories by Terrell Croft (1922)
"A Motor-Driven or a Power-Driven Boiler-Feed Pump Is Always Most Economical ... Both the power-driven and the motor-driven pumps require considerably less ..."

6. Steam Power Plant Auxiliaries and Accessories by Terrell Croft, Daniel John Dufflin (1922)
"A Motor-Driven or a Power-Driven Boiler-Feed Pump Is Always Most Economical ... Both the power-driven and the motor-driven pumps require considerably less ..."

7. Mining Engineers' Handbook by Robert Peele (1918)
"(On power-driven lines, the governor on driving motor ... power-driven tramway. When using less than 20 hp, connection to the 41 shaft is conveniently made ..."

8. Sewage Disposal by Leonard Parker Kinnicutt (1919)
"Stationary Screen with power-driven Rakes (copied by permission from Dunbar, 1908). Bar Screens Cleaned by Mechanically Driven Rakes or Brushes. ..."

9. The Economy Factor in Steam-power Plants by George Walter Hawkins (1908)
"... to drive these auxiliaries in any other way, due to regulation losses and difficulties, equations have not been presented for power-driven pumps. ..."

10. The Geography of Illinois by Douglas Clay Ridgley (1921)
"SHEARING SHEEP WITH power-driven SHEARS, KIRKLAND, DE KALB COUNTY Sheep, shipped from the far West, are unloaded and fed at Kirkland, then sheared before ..."

11. Steam Power Plant Auxiliaries and Accessories by Terrell Croft (1922)
"A Motor-Driven or a Power-Driven Boiler-Feed Pump Is Always Most Economical ... Both the power-driven and the motor-driven pumps require considerably less ..."

12. Steam Power Plant Auxiliaries and Accessories by Terrell Croft, Daniel John Dufflin (1922)
"A Motor-Driven or a Power-Driven Boiler-Feed Pump Is Always Most Economical ... Both the power-driven and the motor-driven pumps require considerably less ..."

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