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electrogyros

electrogyros is the plural of electrogyro.

Meaning of electrogyro

Noun

electrogyro (plural electrogyros)

  1. A unit that works first as a motor, taking energy from an electrical supply and converting it into kinetic energy which is stored in flywheels; when a vehicle so fitted moves, the energy stored is reconverted to electricity and supplied to traction motors.
    • A shunting locomotive embodying an unusual form of power transmission has been developed for the National Coal Board. Known as an electrogyro locomotive, it derives its haulage power from energy stored in two flywheels, each of which is combined with a squirrel-cage induction motor. These units are...1958 June, “N.C.B. Electrogyro Locomotive”, in Railway Magazine, page 421

Questions about electrogyros

What is electrogyros the plural of?
Electrogyros is the plural of electrogyro.

Words near electrogyros in the dictionary

  1. electrogustometer
  2. electrogustometers
  3. electrogustometric
  4. electrogustometry
  5. electrogyro
  6. electrogyros
  7. electrohemostasis
  8. electrohomeopathy
  9. electrohorticulture
  10. electrohydraulic
  11. electrohydraulically

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