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Noun: DC motor
  1. A DC motor is any of a class of electrical machines that converts direct current electrical power into mechanical power.
    "Nearly all types of DC motors have some internal mechanism, either electromechanical or electronic, to periodically change the direction of current flow in part of the motor."

Type of: electric motor

Encyclopedia: DC motor