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monomotor

monomotor adjective: having a single traction motor driving the axles on a bogie.

Adjective

monomotor (not comparable)

  1. (attributive) Having a single traction motor driving the axles on a bogie.
    • Model of the new 2,800 h.p. diesel-electric C-C with Alsthom monomotor bogies, of which the first is about to be delivered to the V.R.1962 June, “Beyond the Channel: Finland: The V.R. in their centenary year”, in Modern Railways, page 419, photo caption

Origin of monomotor

From mono- + motor, probably borrowed from Continental European applications; compare with French monomoteur.

Questions about monomotor

What does monomotor mean?
Monomotor means having a single traction motor driving the axles on a bogie.
What part of speech is monomotor?
Monomotor is an adjective.

Words near monomotor in the dictionary

  1. monomorphizing
  2. monomorphological
  3. monomorphous
  4. monomorphs
  5. monomorphy
  6. monomotor
  7. monomunicipal
  8. monomyarian
  9. monomyarians
  10. monomyary
  11. monomycin

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