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单词 aeromotor
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aeromotorn.

Brit. /ˈɛːrə(ʊ)məʊtə/, U.S. /ˈɛroʊˌmoʊdər/, /ˈɛrəˌmoʊdər/
Forms: see aero- comb. form and motor n. and adj.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: aero- comb. form, motor n.
Etymology: < aero- comb. form + motor n. Compare French aéromoteur wind-powered engine (1853). Compare air motor n. at air n.1 Compounds 2.With use in sense 1 compare earlier Aermotor, a brand name for a water-pumping engine powered by a windmill:1890 Emmet County (Iowa) Republican 10 Apr. $50 buys our perfect Self-regulating Steel Aermotor which does as much work as any 10-ft. wooden wheel.
1. Also with capital initial. A water-pumping engine powered by a windmill; (also occasionally) a windmill incorporating such an engine. Frequently attributive.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > pump > [noun] > operated by windmill
windmill-pump1891
aeromotor1892
society > occupation and work > equipment > mills > [noun] > windmill > types of
post mill1755
post-windmill1755
smock windmill1795
smock-mill1802
stob-mill1882
aeromotor1892
1892 Amer. Architect & Building News 5 Mar. (Advertisers' Trade Suppl.) 3/3 For '92 we furnish the most perfect bearings ever put in a windmill, and have made an exhaustive revision of the Aeromotor and Towers.
1968 Victoria (Texas) Advocate 24 Feb. 12/2 (advt.) One eight foot aeromotor windmill.
1994 R. L. Hills Power from Wind ix. 252 These two men joined forces in 1888 with other capitalists to manufacture the first scientifically designed windmill, which Noyes christened the Aeromotor.
2007 Monterey County (California) Herald (Nexis) 6 May The windmill will operate with an ‘aeromotor’ drive that will connect to a pump to move water, demonstrating how wind power can be used.
2. An aircraft, an airship. rare.
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society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > [noun] > an aircraft > heavier-than-air aircraft
flying machine1736
aeronef1861
aeromotive1865
aviator1891
aeromotor1902
aerodyne1906
1902 F. Walker Aërial Navigation p. viii The construction of dirigible balloons, aërostats, aëroplanes, and aëromotors to be..illustrated by various types already made.
1902 F. Walker Aërial Navigation iv. 34 In constructing an aëromotor capable of practical work, the peculiar nature of the medium in which the apparatus has to float and to move by mechanical reaction calls for a structural form and adaptation of motive power entirely different from that required upon sea or land.
3. An aircraft motor. rare.
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society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > parts of aircraft > means of propulsion > [noun] > aircraft engine
aeromotor1909
mill1918
1909 R. Kennedy Flying Machines vii. 115 Green aeromotor.
1935 ‘J. Guthrie’ Little Country vi. 139 I am working on the boat..a hundred horse-power Curtis Vth aeromotor in her.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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