Motor

Two motors for an electric lawn mower

A Motor is a device that creates motion. It usually refers
to an engine of some kind. It may also specically refer
to:
Electric motor, a machine that converts electricity
into a mechanical motion
--- AC motor, an electric motor that is driven by
alternating current
Synchronous motor, an alternating cur-
rent motor distinguished by a rotor spin-
ning with coils passing magnets at the
same rate as the alternating current and
resulting magnetic eld which drives it
Induction motor, also called a squirrel-
cage motor, a type of asynchronous alter-
nating current motor where power is sup-
plied to the rotating device by means of
electromagnetic induction
--- DCmotor, an electric motor that runs on direct
current electricity
Brushed DC electric motor, an internally
commutated electric motor designed to
be run from a direct current power source
Brushless DC motor, a synchronous elec-
tric motor which is powered by direct
current electricity and has an electroni-
cally controlled commutation system, in-
stead of a mechanical commutation sys-
tem based on brushes
--- Electrostatic motor, a type of electric motor
based on the attraction and repulsion of elec-
tric charge
--- Engines, which are very commonly called
motors
--- Servo motor, an electric motor that operates a
servo, commonly used in robotics
--- Starter motor, for starting an internal-
combustion engine of a vehicle.
--- Stepper motor, a type of electric motor capa-
ble of rotating its output shaft in equally spaced
fractions of a full rotation, known as steps
--- Internal fan-cooled electric motor, an electric
motor that is self-cooled by a fan, typically
used for motors with a high energy density
Actuator, a mechanical device for moving or con-
trolling a mechanism or system
Hydraulic motor, a machine that converts the energy
of pressurized liquid ow into mechanical motion
Rocket motor, usually refers to solid rocket engines
Molecular motor, the agents of movement in living
organisms
--- Synthetic molecular motor, molecular ma-
chines capable of rotation under energy input
Nanomotor, a molecular device capable of convert-
ing energy into movement
Pneumatic motor, a machine that converts the en-
ergy of compressed air into mechanical motion
Motor Car or Motor, alternate terms for an
automobile
1 Other uses
Motor language, extinct since the 1840s, a Uralic
language that was spoken in the northern region of
the Sayan Mountains in Siberia
1.1 Biology
Motor system, the physiological system that is re-
sponsible for physical movement
--- Motor neuron, neurons that originate in the
spinal cord and synapse with muscle bers
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2 2 PUBLICATIONS
--- Motor skill, the ability of an organism to use
the motor system eectively
--- Motor skill, motor created by uniten system
2 Publications
The Motors, a British pub rock/punk band, formed
in 1977 by Nick Garvey, Andy McMaster, Ricky
Slaughter and Rob Hendry, who was replaced by
Bram Tchaikovsky the same year
The Motor, defunct British magazine
Motor (magazine), Australian magazine
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