motor drive

noun

a mechanical system, including an electric motor, used to operate a machine or machines.

motor drive

photog a battery-operated motorized system to give fast film advance between exposures Compare autowinder

First recorded in 1905–10

One of these can be used for the front or rear axle, while the other is a dual motor drive unit for rear axles.

The camera captured the photograph in a sequence, since it had a motor drive on it, so the camera captured a moment.

Did you hear him re-enter it after returning from the motor drive?'

To show you that the fighting is pretty near, two doctors went for a short motor drive to-day and they found two wounded men.

My journey begins with a motor drive of 300 miles over fearful roads and a chain of mountains always under snow.

The motor drive from Ostend to Ghent was through autumn sunshine and beauty of field flowers.

Just a short motor drive from here; a duck of a house opposite the old German Emperor's place.

Browse