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squirrel-cage motors

squirrel-cage motors is the plural of squirrel-cage motor.

Meaning of squirrel-cage motor

Noun

squirrel-cage motor (plural squirrel-cage motors)

  1. A kind of induction motor that harnesses electromagnetism in order to generate motion.
    • 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.1958 June, “N.C.B. Electrogyro Locomotive”, in Railway Magazine, page 421

Questions about squirrel-cage motors

What is squirrel-cage motors the plural of?
Squirrel-cage motors is the plural of squirrel-cage motor.

Words near squirrel-cage motors in the dictionary

  1. squirrel wheels
  2. squirrel whiskey
  3. squirrel's cage
  4. squirrel-brain
  5. squirrel-cage motor
  6. squirrel-cage motors
  7. squirrel-proof
  8. squirrelable
  9. squirrelcide
  10. squirrelcides
  11. squirreldom

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