Engineering Dictionary: induction motor

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induction motor

(Electricity) An alternating-current motor in which a primary winding on one member (usually the stator) is connected to the power source, and a secondary winding on the other member (usually the rotor) carries only current induced by the magnetic field of the primary.

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