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Motor
Motor Mo"tor, n. [L., fr. movere, motum, to move.]
1. One who, or that which, imparts motion; a source of
mechanical power.
2. (Mach.) A prime mover; a machine by means of which a
source of power, as steam, moving water, electricity,
etc., is made available for doing mechanical work.
MotorMotor Mo"tor, Motory Mo"to*ry, Motorial Mo*to"ri*al, a.
[L. motorius that has motion. See Motor, n.]
Causing or setting up motion; pertaining to organs of motion;
-- applied especially in physiology to those nerves or nerve
fibers which only convey impressions from a nerve center to
muscles, thereby causing motion. motor
Diesel engine Die"sel en`gine or motor mo`tor [After Dr.
Rudolf Diesel, of Munich, the inventor.]
A type of internal-combustion engine in which the air drawn
in by the suction stroke is so highly compressed that the
heat generated ignites the fuel (usually crude oil), the fuel
being automatically sprayed into the cylinder under pressure.
The Diesel engine has a very high thermal efficiency.
Motor
Motor Mo"tor, n.
A motor car; an automobile. [Colloq.]
Meaning of motor from wikipedia
- An
engine or
motor is a
machine designed to
convert one or more
forms of
energy into
mechanical energy.
Available energy sources include potential energy...
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motor is a
machine that
converts electrical energy into
mechanical energy. Most
electric motors operate through the
interaction between the
motor's magnetic...
- A
motor ship or
motor vessel is a ship
propelled by an
internal combustion engine,
usually a
diesel engine. The
names of
motor ships are
often prefixed...
- Ford
Motor Company (commonly
known as Ford) is an
American multinational automobile manufacturer headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan,
United States. It...
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General Motors Company (GM) is an
American multinational automotive manufacturing company headquartered in Detroit, Michigan,
United States. The company...
- A
motor–generator (an MG set) is a
device for
converting electrical power to
another form.
Motor–generator sets are used to
convert frequency, voltage...
- SAIC
Motor Corp., Ltd. (formerly
Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation) is a
Chinese state-owned
automobile manufacturer headquartered in Anting, Shanghai...
- MG
Motor is a
British automotive brand owned by SAIC
Motor, a
Chinese state-owned
carmaker based in Shanghai. It is a
continuation of the
original MG...
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Motor control is the
regulation of
movements in
organisms that
possess a
nervous system.
Motor control includes conscious voluntary movements, subconscious...
- An
induction motor or
asynchronous motor is an AC
electric motor in
which the
electric current in the
rotor that
produces torque is
obtained by electromagnetic...
