synchronous speed

noun, Electricity.

the speed at which an alternating-current machine must operate to generate electromotive force at a given frequency.

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As their name implies, these motors have the characteristic of running at synchronous speed at all loads.

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It is usually expressed in per cent of the synchronous speed which is that of the revolving field.

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