駆く動どう

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb, intransitive verb

drive; driving force; actuation

Technical term for power transmission or the force that moves a mechanism. Used as a noun or with する to mean 'to drive' or 'to be driven'. Often appears in compounds like 四輪駆動 (four-wheel drive).

See also: 四輪駆動

• この車くるまは四よん輪りん駆く動どうです。

  This car is four-wheel drive.

• モーターがポンプを駆く動どうする。

  The motor drives the pump.

• 新あたらしい駆く動どう方ほう式しきを開かい発はつした。

  We developed a new drive system.