reluctance motor

noun

an alternating current motor with a stator winding like that of an induction motor and a rotor that has projecting poles of ferromagnetic material

Meanings

nounreluctance motor (plural reluctance motors)

plural reluctance motors

  1. an alternating current motor with a stator winding like that of an induction motor and a rotor that has projecting poles of ferromagnetic material
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