synchronous motor

noun

: an electric motor having a speed strictly proportional to the frequency of the operating current

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Switch to range mode, and clutches disconnect the front permanent magnet synchronous motor and remap the throttle pedal for better efficiency. —

Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 30 June 2024 Besides not using any rare earth elements, the motor offers a few other advantages in comparison with permanent-magnet synchronous motors. —

IEEE Spectrum, 15 Apr. 2024 Projects at Marquette University, Yeungnam University, and Ufa University of Science and Technology have demonstrated advantages of dual-phase materials in permanent magnet synchronous motors and electrical generators. —

IEEE Spectrum, 15 Mar. 2024 The motors are an evolution of the permanent magnet synchronous motors in the Taycan, with better water cooling, and the inverter uses silicon carbide instead of silicon. —

Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 9 Oct. 2023 See all Example Sentences for synchronous motor

Word History

First Known Use

1897, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of synchronous motor was in 1897

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