gearmotor

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noun

A variable-speed electric motor (incorporating a variable gearbox)

Similar
motoreductor
OriginEnglish motor ← Middle English motour ← Latin mōtor →
RareScrabble 12
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Meanings

noungearmotor (plural gearmotors)

plural gearmotors

  1. A variable-speed electric motor (incorporating a variable gearbox)

    Synonyms: motoreductor

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA variable-speed electric motor (incorporating a variable gearbox)

Similar
motoreductor
Also see
motoreductor

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Germanic*ga-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₂er-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*h₃er-
  6. Proto-Germanic*arwaz
  7. Proto-Germanic*garwaz
  8. Proto-Germanic*garwijaną
  9. Old Norsegervi
  10. Middle Englishgere
  11. Englishgear
  12. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)ewh₁-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)owh₁éyeti
  14. Proto-Italic*moweō
  15. Latinmoveō
  16. Latinmōtor
  17. Middle Englishmotour
  18. Englishmotor
  19. Englishgearmotor

From gear + motor.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Greatmoor
Cite this entry
APA

gearmotor. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gearmotor

MLA

“gearmotor.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gearmotor. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gearmotor,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gearmotor.

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