電でん動どう

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noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', noun

electric; electrically powered

Describes devices or systems that run on electricity, often as a prefix in compounds like 電動アシスト自転車 (electric-assist bicycle).

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An electric toothbrush is more efficient than manual brushing.

この車くるまは電でん動どうモーターで動うごく。

This car runs on an electric motor.

〈物もの〉を電でん動どうにするto convert something to run on electric power
古ふるい自じ転てん車しゃを電でん動どうにした。
I converted the old bicycle into an electric one.
〈物もの〉が電でん動どうで動うごくfor something to be operated by an electric motor
このカーテンは電でん動どうで動うごく。
This curtain is motorized and moves electrically.
手しゅ動どうから電でん動どうに切きり替かえるto switch from manual to electric operation
工こう場じょうでは手しゅ動どうから電でん動どうに切きり替かえた機き械かいが増ふえている。

手しゅ動どう
手動 means 'manually operated', the direct opposite of 電動 'electrically powered'.

電でん気きN5
電気 is the general noun for electricity itself, while 電動 is an attributive word meaning 'powered by electricity', as in 電動自転車 vs 電気製品.
自じ動どうN3
自動 means 'automatic' (operates without manual control), whereas 電動 specifically means 'driven by an electric motor'; a device can be 自動 without being 電動 and vice versa.
電でん化か
電化 refers to the process of converting something to run on electricity, while 電動 describes something that already runs on electric power.
伝でん導どう
電動 (also read でんどう) means electrically powered/motorized, a completely different meaning from 伝導's physical conduction, despite the identical pronunciation.

Compound of 電 (electricity) and 動 (motion), literally 'electric motion'. The term is a modern coinage for electrically driven devices.

In factories, more machines have been switched from manual to electric operation.

電でん動どう車しゃ

electrified vehicle; xEV · electric railcar; electric train

power saw; electric saw

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