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electric motor

electromechanical device
Class type of: engine, electric machine Q72313

Facts

11 properties
Subclass of
engine, electric machine
Part of
tram[3]
Has use
starter, mechanical fan, electric vehicle, toy, electrical appliance, model building[4][5][6][7][8][9]
Described by source
Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890), Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890), Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Small Soviet Encyclopedia, Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 8[17][18][19][20][21]
Has part(s)
brush, rotor, stator[13][14][15]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[24]
P14870
ont00000952[25]
Permanent duplicated item
Wikidata item[23]
Powered by
inductor, magnet, electrical energy[10][11][12]
Time of discovery or invention
1834[16]
Uses
excitation[22]
🏷️ Also known as
en electric motor en electrical motor en motor en electro motor ar المحرك الكهربائي ar بمحرك كهربي ar المحرّك الكهربائي ar المحركات الكهربائية ar الموتور ar المحركات الكهربية ar محرك كهربي ar محرك كهربائي ar المحرك الكهربي cs elektrický motor cs elektromotor da elmotor da el-motor da elektrisk motor de Motor, Elektro- de E-Motor
🔖 Identifiers · 45
Library of Congress authority ID
sh85041835
GND ID
4014315-6
OpenAlex ID
C176871988
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Stator and rotor by Zureks.JPG ↗
Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID
300424014
Australian Educational Vocabulary ID
scot/5605
BNCF Thesaurus ID
28048
BabelNet ID
00030156n
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
11938455s
Dewey Decimal Classification
623.9 (621.5–629.3, n=3)
Elhuyar ZTH ID
013569
Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine ID
17735, 17755
Show all 45 identifiers +33
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
technology/electric-motor
FAST ID
905256
Freebase ID
/m/0k335
Google Product Taxonomy ID
7275
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
electromotor
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0177647, 0100677
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
4928825
Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID
elektrodvigatel-08d27c
JSTOR topic ID (archived)
electric-motors
KBpedia ID
ElectricalMotor
Krugosvet article (archived)
nauka_i_tehnika/tehnologiya_i_promyshlennost/ELEKTROMASHINNIE_GENERATORI_I_ELEKTRODVIGATELI.html
Lex ID
elektromotor
MetaSat ID
electricMotor
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
176871988
Museum-digital tag ID
12855
NALT ID
36163
NDL Authority ID
00561302
NL CR AUT ID
ph208854
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007535933805171
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0)
XX524660
OmegaWiki Defined Meaning
858412
PM20 ware ID
143588
PSH ID
2255
SVKKL authority ID
0231419-elektricke-motory
Topic's main category
Category:Electric motors
Treccani ID
motore-elettrico
UK Parliament thesaurus ID
91076
Vikidia article ID
fr:Moteur_électrique
Wellcome Collection concept ID
x3sknq75
WordNet 3.1 Synset ID
03277972-n
YSO ID
17420
Yale LUX ID
concept/2da4bee9-205a-42c3-a39d-a4874c7e29d8
Zhihu topic ID
19633825

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🔗 Connections
← Powered by 209
electric car, rickshaw, electric vehicle, Tesla Roadster, machine tool, Porsche Cayenne, BMW i3, electric kick scooter +201 more
Subtypes 21
DC motor, servomotor, AC motor, linear motor, universal motor, traction motor, piezoelectric motor, shaded pole motor +13 more
Belongs to 18
tram, electric car, lathe, electric bicycle, clothes dryer, angle grinder, paper shredder, magnetic stirrer +10 more
Has use 6
toy, mechanical fan, electric vehicle, starter, model building, electrical appliance
← Uses 6
car, self-balancing scooter, autofocus, electric unicycle, electric skateboard, Electric drive
← Has use 5
induction motor, coil, synchronous motor, magnet wire, synchronous machine
← Product or material produced 5
WEG Industries, Kolomna Locomotive Works, Audi Hungaria, ebm-papst, Dunkermotoren
Has these parts 4
stator, rotor, brush, electrical contact
← Has part(s) of the class 4
X-57, Antarctic Snow Cruiser, Elektro, James Webb Space Telescope sunshield
Examples 3
Barlow's wheel, automatic film transport, Torque motor
Has part(s) 3
stator, rotor, brush
Powered by 3
magnet, inductor, electrical energy
Subclass of 2
engine, electric machine
← Industry 2
Mabuchi Motor, Shinano Kenshi
Created notable works 1
Moritz von Jacobi
Described by source 1
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
On focus list of Wikimedia project 1
Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
Part of 1
tram
Topic's main category 1
Category:Electric motors
Uses 1
excitation
← Category combines topics 1
Category:Electric motor control
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Electric motors
← Does not have part 1
clockwork
← Field of work 1
John Ambrose Fleming
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Summary

electric motor is a type of engine[1] and electric machine[2].

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 8w ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14870 → ont00000952
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14870: ont00000952"
  2. 21w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    SVKKL authority ID → 0231419-elektricke-motory
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ SVKKL authority ID: 0231419-elektricke-motory, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259599|batch #259599]]"
  3. 24w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → —
    Has parts → —
    Powered by → inductor, magnet, electrical energy
    On focus list of Wikimedia project → Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|5 */ YSO ID: 17420, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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