monomotor

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adjective

Having a single traction motor driving the axles on a bogie.

OriginEnglish motor ← Middle English motour ← Latin mōtor →
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Meanings

adjectivemonomotor (not comparable)
  1. attributivenot comparablerail transportHaving a single traction motor driving the axles on a bogie.

    Model of the new 2,800 h.p. diesel-electric C-C with Alsthom monomotor bogies, of which the first is about to be delivered to the V.R.

    1962 June, “Beyond the Channel: Finland: The V.R. in their centenary year”, in Modern Railways, page 419, photo caption

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekμόνος (mónos)
  2. Ancient Greekμονο- (mono-)
  3. Englishmono-
  4. Latinmōtor
  5. Middle Englishmotour
  6. Englishmotor
  7. Englishmonomotor

From mono- + motor, probably borrowed from Continental European applications; compare with French monomoteur.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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