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power-operated

power-operated adjective: electrically (or mechanically) operated.

Adjective

power-operated (not comparable)

  1. Electrically (or mechanically) operated.
    • Constructional features of the railbus include the use of rubber suspension for axlebox/underframe and underframe/body mountings, the use of B.U.T. power transmission equipment, many components of which are interchangeable with those on British Railways standard railcars, power-operated sliding...1958 April, “Diesel Railbus for British Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 275
    • The colour-light signals and power-operated points at Waterloo are controlled from one cabin which houses three lever frames with a total of 272 working miniature levers.1961 March, “Talking of trains”, in Trains Illustrated, page 138

Questions about power-operated

What does power-operated mean?
Power-operated means electrically (or mechanically) operated.
What part of speech is power-operated?
Power-operated is an adjective.

Words near power-operated in the dictionary

  1. power-line
  2. power-line communication
  3. power-line communications
  4. power-lines
  5. power-operate
  6. power-operated
  7. power-play
  8. power-plays
  9. power-political
  10. power-sharing
  11. power-trip

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