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motor car

noun

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  1. Alternative form of motorcar (“self-propelled railway vehicle”).

    • The 20 sets of B.W. [British Westinghouse] equipment, including motor bogies and traction motors, were refitted to 20 new motor cars, similar in design to the 1913 stock, again at the railway company's Neasden Works.
    • A motor car is provided with two self-ventilated series-wound G.E.C. traction motors, each having a continuous rating of 80 h.p. at 575 V. 116 A. at a field strength of 66 per cent.

  2. Alternative form of motorcar (“automobile”).

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