asynchronous motor
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.87 in modern English
27
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
n
An induction or asynchronous motor is an AC electric motor in which the electric current in the rotor needed to produce torque is obtained by electromagnetic induction from the magnetic field of the stator winding.
Example Sentences
- "An induction motor therefore does not require mechanical commutation, separate-excitation or self-excitation for all or part of the energy transferred from stator to rotor, as in universal, DC and large synchronous motors."