synchronous motor

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noun Electricity.

a synchronous machine that acts as a motor.

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Origin of synchronous motor

First recorded in 1900–05

Words nearby synchronous motor

synchronoscope, synchronous, synchronous converter, synchronous machine, Synchronous Meteorological Satellite, synchronous motor, synchronous orbit, synchronous rotation, synchronous speed, synchrony, synchroscope

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How to use synchronous motor in a sentence

A synchronous motor is one that keeps step with the alterations of an alternating current.
Physics|Willis Eugene Tower
In a synchronous motor the armature reaches the 90 degree position at the exact instant at which the current reverses in the line.
Physics|Willis Eugene Tower
By the use of the synchronous motor-generators the lighting circuits are protected from these pressure variations.
Electric Transmission of Water Power|Alton D. Adams
The principle of the synchronous motor is illustrated in Fig. 447.
Physics|Willis Eugene Tower

In practice the synchronous motor has a number of pairs of field poles.
Physics|Willis Eugene Tower

British Dictionary definitions for synchronous motor

synchronous motor

noun

an alternating-current motor that runs at a speed that is equal to or is a multiple of the frequency of the supply

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