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English
Noun
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.
- Hypernym: locomotive
- Coordinate terms: diesel locomotive, steam locomotive
Translations
locomotive with its motors powered by electricity
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