motor drive

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noun
  1. a mechanical system, including an electric motor, used to operate a machine or machines.

Origin of motor drive

1
First recorded in 1905–10

Other words from motor drive

  • mo·tor-driv·en [moh-ter-driv-uhn], /ˈmoʊ tərˌdrɪv ən/, adjective

Words Nearby motor drive

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How to use motor drive in a sentence

  • The motor drive from Ostend to Ghent was through autumn sunshine and beauty of field flowers.

    Golden Lads | Arthur Gleason and Helen Hayes Gleason
  • Just a short motor drive from here; a duck of a house opposite the old German Emperor's place.

    It Pays to Smile | Nina Wilcox Putnam

British Dictionary definitions for motor drive

motor drive

noun
  1. photog a battery-operated motorized system to give fast film advance between exposures: Compare autowinder

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