synchronous_motor has definitions from the field of physics
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[ noun ] (physics) electric motor in which the speed of rotation is proportional to the frequency of the A.C. power

Used in print

(Walter H. Buchsbaum, "Advances in Medical Electronics"...)

Because of light leakage from one ultraviolet source to another , the lights are switched by a commutator like assembly rotated by a synchronous_motor .

Related terms

electric_motor

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