Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In any machine, the feed or feeding mechanism which is operated by power, as distinguished from a feed operated by hand.
- Having a feed mechanism operated by power.
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Examples
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The gun crews in the turret emplacements imagined there was a heavy short in the power-feed system when their combined salvos failed them.
Blockade, Lepso Brand, Kurt 1976
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Atlas specializes in the installation of industrial conveyor systems, generators, main power-feed metering, fiber optics, AC/DC drive repair and maintenance.
San Antonio Business News - Local San Antonio News | The San Antonio Business Journal 2010
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While the men didn't consume as much as professional eaters, they did power-feed their way into Hard Rock Cafe history as the restaurant chain celebrated its 38th anniversary.
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While the men didn't consume as much as professional eaters, they did power-feed their way into Hard Rock Cafe history as the restaurant chain celebrated its 38th anniversary.
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Right at the start, however, I see that something about the power-feed must be changed. "
Tom Swift and His Electric Locomotive, or, Two Miles a Minute on the Rails Victor [pseud.] Appleton
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"Order all battleships to the nearest power-feed station, and command that all power available be transmitted to the station attacked.
Invaders from the Infinite John Wood Campbell 1940
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