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electric locomotive

electric locomotive noun: a locomotive with its motors powered by electricity from overhead lines or (less commonly) from a third rail or on-board energy storage such as a battery or a supercapacitor.

electric locomotive: a locomotive with its motors powered by electricity from overhead lines or (less commonly) from a...
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Noun

electric locomotive (plural electric locomotives)

  1. A locomotive with its motors powered by electricity from overhead lines or (less commonly) from a third rail or on-board energy storage such as a battery or a supercapacitor.
    Synonyms:
    electric engine

electric locomotive meaning in Tamil

electric locomotive in Tamil

மின் தொடர்வண்டிப் பொறி

Synonyms of electric locomotive

Forms of electric locomotive

pluralelectric locomotives

Questions about electric locomotive

What does electric locomotive mean?
Electric locomotive means a locomotive with its motors powered by electricity from overhead lines or (less commonly) from a third rail or on-board energy storage such as a battery or a supercapacitor.
What is electric locomotive in Tamil?
Electric locomotive in Tamil is மின் தொடர்வண்டிப் பொறி. See Electric locomotive meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is electric locomotive?
Electric locomotive is a noun.
What is the plural of electric locomotive?
The plural of electric locomotive is electric locomotives.

Words near electric locomotive in the dictionary

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  2. electric light bugs
  3. electric lights
  4. electric lock pick
  5. electric lock picks
  6. electric locomotive
  7. electric locomotives
  8. electric main
  9. electric mains
  10. electric meter
  11. electric meters

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Adapted from Wiktionary: electric locomotive (page history and authors); electric locomotive (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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