Phrase Hound found 29 phrases and 29 compound words that contain motors. The most common are listed below. Open motors in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 29
- electric motorsplural of electric motor: A motor that converts electrical energy into kinetic energy.
- linear motorsplural of linear motor: An electric motor in which the equivalent of the stator and rotor are linear and parallel, normally one part is a vehicle and the other a track on which it moves
- rail-motorsplural of rail-motor: A lightweight railcar.
- water motorsplural of water motor: Any water wheel or water-powered turbine, especially any small motor driven by water under pressure.
- diesel motorsplural of diesel motor: An internal combustion engine of piston engine type that operates using the Diesel cycle, with diesel fuel being sprayed into the hot, high-pressure air in the combustion chamber at the end of the compression stroke.
- induction motorsplural of induction motor: An alternating current motor in which currents in the secondary wiring of the rotor are created by induction from the magnetic field of the primary winding of the stator.
- traction motorsplural of traction motor: An electric motor used for the propulsion of a vehicle, such as a tram, trolleybus, electric or diesel-electric locomotive or train.
- crate motorsplural of crate motor: a new, fully-assembled automobile engine that is shipped to the installer
- outboard motorsplural of outboard motor: A detachable and pivotable propulsion unit fitted over the transom of a boat, comprising an engine that drives a propeller.
- reluctance motorsplural of reluctance motor: an alternating current motor with a stator winding like that of an induction motor and a rotor that has projecting poles of ferromagnetic material
- stepper motorsplural of stepper motor: stepping motor
- air motorsplural of air motor: A motor that does mechanical work by expanding compressed air.
- driving motorsplural of driving motor: a car in a multiple unit which is motored and from which the train can be driven.
- sand motorsplural of sand motor: A large volume of sediment added to a coast to promote beach nourishment by means of wind, waves, and tides.
- step motorsplural of step motor: stepping motor
- starter motorsplural of starter motor: An electrical motor, part of a modern car or truck, etc., which is used to initially turn the internal combustion engine of the vehicle to make it start.
- rocket motorsplural of rocket motor: A rocket engine, especially a solid rocket or a hybrid rocket.
- stepping motorsplural of stepping motor: An electromagnetic actuator that converts digital pulses of input into analog rotary motion, the degree of rotation being proportional to the number of pulses received.
- synchronous motorsplural of synchronous motor: An electric motor whose rotation is synchronized with the frequency of the supplied current
- tumble motorsplural of tumble motor: A small rocket motor mounted to a rocket stage, which fires following staging in order to cause the discarded stage to tumble and prevent it from potentially ramming the spacecraft due to residual thrust.
- squirrel-cage motorsplural of squirrel-cage motor: A kind of induction motor that harnesses electromagnetism in order to generate motion.
- shaded-pole motorsplural of shaded-pole motor: A particular type of AC single-phase induction motor
- hysteresis motorsplural of hysteresis motor: A type of synchronous motor in which the rotor consists of a central nonmagnetic core around which are rings of material with a high degree of magnetic hysteresis; it generates near constant torque at varying …
- Brownian motorsplural of Brownian motor: A nanoscale or molecular device by which thermally activated processes (chemical reactions) are controlled and used to generate directed motion in space and to do mechanical or electrical work.
- repulsion motorsplural of repulsion motor: an alternating current commutator motor, designed for single-phase operation, in which the armature is supplied by induction from the field of the stator winding
Compound words 29
- gearmotorsplural of gearmotor: A variable-speed electric motor (incorporating a variable gearbox)
- promotorsplural of promotor: A full professor of a Dutch, Flemish, South African, or German university who acts as the principal supervisor of a student's doctoral research.
- servomotorsplural of servomotor: An electric motor in a servomechanism, especially one which incorporates feedback so it accurately positions the device.
- motorshowAlternative form of motor show: A typically annual or semiannual public event for exhibition of new automobiles and new automobile designs.
- aeromotorsplural of aeromotor: A windmill, windpump or similar device powered by the wind
- dynamotorsplural of dynamotor: A device for converting electrical power to another form.
- electromotorsplural of electromotor: Any device that generates electricity.
- hydromotorsplural of hydromotor: A form of motor for propelling vessels by means of jets of water ejected from the sides or stern.
- locomotorsplural of locomotor: Of or pertaining to movement or locomotion.
- lungmotorsplural of lungmotor: A device with a pump for inducing artificial respiration.