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**[[Servo motor]], an electric motor that operates a servo, commonly used in robotics |
**[[Servo motor]], an electric motor that operates a servo, commonly used in robotics |
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**[[Stepper motor]], a type of electric motor capable of rotating its output shaft in equally spaced fractions of a full rotation, known as steps |
**[[Stepper motor]], a type of electric motor capable of rotating its output shaft in equally spaced fractions of a full rotation, known as steps |
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**[[Internal fan-cooled electric motor]], an electric motor that is self-cooled by a fan, typically used for motors with a high energy density |
**[[Internal fan-cooled electric motor]], an electric motor that is self-cooled by a fan, typically used for motors with a high energy density tyutyutyytt |
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*[[Actuator]], a mechanical device for moving or controlling a mechanism or system |
*[[Actuator]], a mechanical device for moving or controlling a mechanism or system |
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Motor is a device that creates motion. It usually refers to an engine of some kind. It may also specifically 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 current motor distinguished by a rotor spinning with coils passing magnets at the same rate as the alternating current and resulting magnetic field which drives it
- Induction motor, also called a squirrel-cage motor, a type of asynchronous alternating current motor where power is supplied to the rotating device by means of electromagnetic induction
- DC motor, 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 electric motor which is powered by direct current electricity and has an electronically controlled commutation system, instead of a mechanical commutation system based on brushes
- Electrostatic motor, a type of electric motor based on the attraction and repulsion of electric charge
- Servo motor, an electric motor that operates a servo, commonly used in robotics
- Stepper motor, a type of electric motor capable 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 tyutyutyytt
- AC motor, an electric motor that is driven by alternating current
- Actuator, a mechanical device for moving or controlling a mechanism or system
- Hydraulic motor, a machine that converts the energy of pressurized liquid flow into mechanical motion
- Rocket motor, usually refers to solid rocket engines
- Molecular motor, the agents of movement in living organisms
- Synthetic molecular motor, molecular machines capable of rotation under energy input
- Nanomotor, a molecular device capable of converting energy into movement
- Pneumatic motor, a machine that converts the energy of compressed air into mechanical motion
- "Motor Car" or "Motor", alternate terms for an automobile
Other uses
- Motor language, extinct since the 1840s, a Uralic language that was spoken in the northern region of the Sayan Mountains in Siberia
- Motor (Software), integrated development environment for Unix like systems
Biology
- Motor system, the physiological system that is responsible for physical movement
- Motor neuron, neurons that originate in the spinal cord and synapse with muscle fibers
- Motor skill, the ability of an organism to use the motor system effectively
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