linear motor

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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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Words nearby linear motor

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How to use linear motor in a sentence

They can hear the sound of his boat's motor, growing louder as it comes over the horizon.
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The female fan base tends to hold steady at 38 percent, according to Amanda Regan, a spokeswoman for Feld Motor Sports.
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Lepore has a different, though still linear, metaphor for the history of feminism: “a river, wending.”
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The power delivered by the rocket motor was uneven and tricky to control.
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The turbulent waters caused one of his oars to crack, which—without a motor or a sail—can be severely detrimental to his voyage.
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To think,” said the younger Englishwoman to her sister, “of this wee mite travelling about in an open motor!
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol|William J. Locke
The child now aims at constructing a particular linear representation, that of a man, a horse, or what not.
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Curious differences appear in respect of the completeness of this linear noting or enumerating of features.
Children's Ways|James Sully
This habit of scribble may persist after a child attempts a linear description of the parts of an object.
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Under these conditions, the large motor B collapses and the pull-down P (which is connected with the organ pallet) rises.
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