单词 | air motor |
释义 | > as lemmasair motor air motor n. Engineering a machine which uses the energy of compressed air to supply motive power to a device with moving parts. ΚΠ 1861 Sci. Amer. 27 Apr. 257/1 The old treadmill has been superseded by the windmill, the waterwheel, the steam engine and the air motor. 1913 Times 3 Dec. 26/3 The shaft was connected to an air compressing arrangement, the compressed air being in turn used to drive an air motor attached to a small dynamo. 2004 B. Bunch & A. Hellemans Hist. Sci. & Technol. 398/4 Since its invention, the Brotherhood engine has been used as an air motor for torpedoes and as an air compressor. < as lemmas |
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