turbo-electric love

Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Designating a direct-connected dynamo-electric generator.

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Examples

  • 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

  • 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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