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synchronous motor

noun

, Electricity.
  1. a synchronous machine that acts as a motor.


synchronous motor

noun

  1. an alternating-current motor that runs at a speed that is equal to or is a multiple of the frequency of the supply
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Word History and Origins

Origin of synchronous motor1

First recorded in 1900–05
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Example Sentences

The simplest form of a synchronous motor is obtained by winding a laminated ring provided with pole projections with four coils, and connecting the same in the manner before indicated.

These fields, generated by devices called linear synchronous motors, both levitate the capsules and propel them forward.

Such a condition exists in a continuous current motor; but in a synchronous motor, such as described, this condition is fulfilled only when the speed is normal.

This connects up the two armature coils in series, and the motor will then run as a synchronous motor.

The models H, I, J, represent a variety of rotating field, synchronous motors which are of special value in long distance transmission work.

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