Motorboard

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The mount that holds the motor on a record player.

    "In order to align this receiver for I.F. the four wood screws holding the motorboard to the cabinet will have to be removed."

  2. 2
    A circuit board that controls one or more motors.

    "Each Motorboard is able to control six motors and to read in their sensory information."

  3. 3
    A motorized surfboard or scooter.

    "Inventor Gilpin risks new suit to show off his new motorboard."

  4. 4
    An outboard motor.

    "If you think of an outboard motorboard as a lever, the propeller is the thrust point and the transom is the fulcrum."

Example

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"In order to align this receiver for I.F. the four wood screws holding the motorboard to the cabinet will have to be removed."

Etymology

From motor + board.

Related phrases

circuit boardoutboard motorrecord player

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