synchronous machine

American

noun

Electricity.

an alternating-current machine in which the average speed of normal operation is exactly proportional to the frequency of the system to which it is connected.

synchronous machine British

noun

an electrical machine, whose rotating speed is proportional to the frequency of the alternating-current supply and independent of the load

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