magnetomotor

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noun

A voltaic series of two or more large plates, producing a great quantity of electricity of low tension, and hence adapted to the exhibition of electromagnetic phenomena.

OriginEnglish motor ← Middle English motour ← Latin mōtor →
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Meanings

nounmagnetomotor (plural magnetomotors)

plural magnetomotors

  1. A voltaic series of two or more large plates, producing a great quantity of electricity of low tension, and hence adapted to the exhibition of electromagnetic phenomena.

Origin

  1. Ancient GreekΜάγνης (Mágnēs)
  2. Ancient Greekμᾰ́γνης (mắgnēs)
  3. Old Frenchmagnete
  4. Ancient Greekμᾰ́γνης (mắgnēs)
  5. Latinmagnēs
  6. Middle Englishmagnete
  7. Englishmagnet
  8. Englishmagnet-
  9. Englishmagneto-
  10. Latinmōtor
  11. Middle Englishmotour
  12. Englishmotor
  13. Englishmagnetomotor

From magneto- + motor.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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