water motor

American  

noun

1. any form of prime mover or motor that is operated by the kinetic energy, pressure, or weight of water, especially a small turbine or waterwheel fitted to a pipe supplying water.

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Etymology

Origin of water motor

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

A small dynamo driven by a water motor attached to a faucet, generates the power for the lights.

From The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1 700 Things for Boys to Do by Popular Mechanics Co.

The cost of the smallest outfit of the kind is about $3 for the water motor and $4 for the dynamo.

From The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1 700 Things for Boys to Do by Popular Mechanics Co.

Some types of large generating plants have a power-driven feed, the power usually being from some kind of motor other than one operated by a weight, such as a water motor, for instance.

From Oxy-Acetylene Welding and Cutting Electric, Forge and Thermit Welding together with related methods and materials used in metal working and the oxygen process for removal of carbon by Manly, Harold P. (Harold Phillips)

Frequently, however, the governor will cost more than the water motor itself, although cheaper, yet efficient, makes are now being put on the market to meet this objection.

From Electricity for the farm Light, heat and power by inexpensive methods from the water wheel or farm engine by Anderson, Frederick Irving

The question of the utilization of water-power 592 had engaged his attention even earlier, and in 1839 he invented an improved rotary water motor.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" by Various