ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Power-operated

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Power-operated is an adjective meaning Electrically (or mechanically) operated.

Meaning

Electrically (or mechanically) operated.

Example Sentences

The colour-light signals and power-operated points at Waterloo are controlled from one cabin which houses three lever frames with a total of 272 working miniature levers.
Constructional features of the railbus include the use of rubber suspension for axlebox/underframe and underframe/body mountings, the use of B.U.T. power transmission equipment, many components of which are interchangeable with those on British Railways standard railcars, power-operated sliding doors, and an absence of normal sidebuffers or drawgear.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include electrohydraulic, motorized, electropneumatic, autopneumatic, mechanical, manual.

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