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 However, there's another electric motor, this one a permanent synchronous motor built into the eight-speed dual-clutch (PDK) transmission casing. — Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 15 Aug. 2025 Powering the rear wheels is an off-the-shelf 200-kW Yamaha Motor, 400-volt e-axle with inverter, reduction gear, and permanent-magnet synchronous motor all-in-one. — New Atlas, 13 Jan. 2026 The racers have the same 90-kilowatt-hour battery, for example, and also the same dual synchronous motors with 294 kilowatts (394 horsepower) and 700 newton meters of torque. — IEEE Spectrum, 3 May 2019 See All Example Sentences for synchronous motor

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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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