動どう力りょく分ぶん散さん方ほう式しき

noun

multiple-unit system; distributed power system

Railway term for a system where power is distributed across multiple cars rather than concentrated in a single locomotive.

• 日本にほんの新しん幹かん線せんは動どう力りょく分ぶん散さん方ほう式しきを採さい用ようしている。

  Japan's Shinkansen uses a distributed power system.