dynamometer car


nounRailroads.
  1. a car equipped with special instruments and coupled to a locomotive to record its energy output, fuel consumption, and other data continuously during a regularly scheduled run.

Origin of dynamometer car

1
First recorded in 1875–80

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How to use dynamometer car in a sentence

  • We run and double back with the dynamometer car to try out our tractive power.

  • The dynamometer car is constructed to indicate the tractive effort of the engine, the speed, and the distance travelled.

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