Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Designating a direct-connected dynamo-electric generator.
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Examples
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He even had power left over for the sound-effects gadget and the air-heater that made the thing appear to be powered by an ordinary turbo-electric engine.
Damned If You Don't Randall Garrett 1957
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It was completely fitted for everything that anybody could think of, including a great big muscular turbo-electric power plant capable of putting many miles per behind the tail-pipe.
Highways in Hiding George Oliver Smith 1946
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