Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

power-operated

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.32 in modern English

Syllables: pow-er--op-er-at-ed
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

7

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Electrically (or mechanically) operated.

Example Sentences

"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 doors, and an absence of normal sidebuffers or drawgear."
"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."

Questions

What does power-operated mean?: Electrically (or mechanically) operated.

How to pronounce power-operated

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