linear induction motor

or linear-induction motor

noun Electricity, Railroads.

an electric motor in which a movable part moves in a straight line, with power being supplied by a varying magnetic field set up by a fixed part of the system, as a metal rail on the ground.

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Also called linear motor.
Compare induction motor.

Origin of linear induction motor

First recorded in 1965–70

Words nearby linear induction motor

linear extrapolation, linear fracture, linear function, linear graph, linear independence, linear induction motor, linear manifold, linear measure, linear momentum, linear motor, linear operator
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British Dictionary definitions for linear motor

linear motor

noun

a form of electric motor in which the stator and the rotor are linear and parallel. It can be used to drive a train, one part of the motor being in the locomotive, the other in the track
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