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Induction generator

A machine built as an induction motor and driven above synchronous speed thus acting as an alternating current generator called also asynchronous generator Below synchronism the machine takes in electrical energy and acts as an induction motor at synchronism the power component of current becomes zero and changes sign so that above synchronism the machine driven for this purpose by mechanical power gives out electrical energy as a generator...

Induction motor

A type of alternating current motor comprising two wound members one stationary called the stator and the other rotating called the rotor these two members corresponding to a certain extent to the field and armature of a direct current motor...

Cascade system

A system or method of connecting and operating two induction motors so that the primary circuit of one is connected to the secondary circuit of the other the primary circuit of the latter being connected to the source of supply also a system of electric traction in which motors so connected are employed The cascade system is also called tandem system or concatenated system the connection a cascade connection tandem connection or concatenated connection or a concatenation and the control of the motors so obtained a tandem control or concatenation control...

Induction

Induction [fr. inductio, Lat., a leading into], the giving a parson possession of his church.A clerk is not complete incumbent until induction, which is performed by a mandate from the bishop to the archdeacon, or if the church be exempt from arch diaconal jurisdiction, to the chancellor or commissary, or if it be a peculiar, to the dean or judge, who usually issues a precept to another clergyman to perform it for him.The person who inducts takes the hand of the clerk, and lays it on the ring, key, or latch of the church-door, or wall of the church, or delivers a clod, turf, or twig of the glebe, and gives corporal possession of the church, saying:--By virtue of this mandate I induct you into the real, actual, and corporal possession of the church of [Stow], with all rights, profits, and appurtenances thereto belonging.'Induction is the investiture of the temporal part of the benefice or the corporal seisin, as institution (see INSTITUTION), which may take place anywhere, whereas induc...

Phase splitter

A device by which a single phase current is split into two or more currents differing in phase It is used in starting single phase induction motors...

Motor Car

Motor Car, means a mechanically propelled vehicle, not being a motor cycle or an invalid carriage, which is constructed itself to carry a load or passengers and of which the weight unlades: (1) if it is constructed solely for the carriage of passengers and their effects, is adapted to carry not more than seven passengers exclusive of the driver, and is fitted with tyres of such type as may be specified in regulation made by the secretary of state, does not exceed 3,050 kilograms; (2) if it is constructed or adapted for use for the conveyance of goods or burden of any description does not exceed 3,050 kilograms, or 3,500 kilograms, if the vehicle carries a container or containers for holding, for the purpose of its propulsion; any fuel which is wholly gaseous at 17.5' Celsius under a pressure of 1.013 bar or plant and material for producing such fuel; or (3) in a case falling within neither head (1) nor head (2) above, does not exceed 2,540 kilograms, See Halsbury's Laws of England, 4th...

Motor vehicle

Motor vehicle, means any mechanically propelled vehicle adapted for use upon roads whether the power of propulsion is transmitted thereto from an external or internal source and includes a chassis to which a body has not been attached and a trailer; but does not include a vehicle running upon fixed rails or a vehicle of a special type adapted for use only in a factory or in any other enclosed premises or a vehicle having less than four wheels fitted with engine capacity of not exceeding [twenty-five cubic centimetres]. [Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (59 of 1988), s. 2 (28)]A 'motor vehicle' means any mechanically propelled vehicle adapted for use upon roads whether the power of propulsion is transmitted thereto from an external or internal source and includes a chassis to which a body has not been attached and a trailer; but does not include a vehicle running upon fixed rails or a vehicle of a special type adapted for use only in a factory or in any other enclosed premises', Automotive Manu...

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