electric locomotive
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English
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Noun
[edit]electric locomotive (plural electric locomotives)
- (rail transport) A locomotive with its motors powered by electricity from overhead lines or (less commonly) from a third rail or on-board energy storage such as a battery or a supercapacitor.
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[edit]References
[edit]- “electric locomotive”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.