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PRONUNCIATION OF BOW COLLECTOR

bow collector  [bəʊ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BOW COLLECTOR

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Bow collector is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BOW COLLECTOR MEAN IN ENGLISH?

bow collector

Bow collector

A bow collector is one of the three main devices used on tramcars to transfer electric current from the wires above to the tram below. While once very common in continental Europe, it has now been largely replaced by the pantograph.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BOW COLLECTOR

bow
bow and arrow
bow and scrape
Bow Bells
bow compass
bow doors
bow legs
bow oar
bow out
Bow Street runner
bow tie
bow wave
bow weight
bow window
bow-legged
bow-spring compass
bow-wow
bowat
bowbent
bowdlerisation

WORDS THAT END LIKE BOW COLLECTOR

actor
collector
connector
detective chief inspector
detector
director
executive director
hector
injector
inspector
lector
managing director
private sector
projector
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public sector
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selector
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Synonyms and antonyms of bow collector in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «bow collector» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BOW COLLECTOR

Find out the translation of bow collector to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of bow collector from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «bow collector» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

弓收藏家
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

colector de proa
570 millions of speakers

English

bow collector
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

धनुष कलेक्टर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

القوس جامع
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

бугель
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

coletor de arco
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ধন সংগ্রাহক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

arc collecteur
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pengumpul tunduk
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Bogen Sammler
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ビューゲル
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

나비 수집기
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Penumpuk gandul
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cúi đầu thu
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வில் சேகரிப்பான்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

धनुष्य संग्राहक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Yay toplayıcısı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

collettore di prua
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

łuk kolektora
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

бугель
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

arc colector
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

συλλέκτη τόξο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

buig versamelaar
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

båge samlare
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

bow collector
5 millions of speakers

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BOW COLLECTOR»

The term «bow collector» is barely ever used and occupies the 206.872 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BOW COLLECTOR»

Discover the use of bow collector in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to bow collector and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Generation and Utilization of Electrical Energy
Bow collector Bow collector consists of two trolley collector poles. At the end of these poles, a light metal strip of 1 m is placed for current collection. This bow collector has smaller inertia but it is not adoptable for the collection of large currents.
S. Sivanagaraju, 2010
2
Generation, Distribution and Utilization of Electrical Energy
7.26 (a) Trolley Wire Relation (b) Collectors Wheel and Trolley Wire bow collector consists of two trolley collector poles at the end of which is placed a light metal strip of about 1 metre length (Fig. 7.27). In order to avoid jumping-off of the wire at  ...
C. L. Wadhwa, 1989
3
Electric Railway Handbook: A Reference Book of Practice ...
Pantograph Collector and Bow Collector The pantograph collector differs from the bow collector essentially in the movement and position of the contact shoe. The shoe of the pantograph collector is controlled by a pantograph structure and  ...
Albert Sutton Richey, William Charles Greenough, 1915
4
A.T.B. Of Electrical Technology (Multicolour)
Three types of gear are in common use : 1. trolley collector 2. bow collector and 3 . pantograph collector. To ensure even pressure on OHE, the gear equipment must, be flexible in order to follow variations in the sag of the contact wire. Also ...
A. K. Theraja, 2005
5
A.T.B. Of Electrical Technology Vol III (Multicolour)
Three types of gear are in common use : I. trolley collector 2. bow collector and 3. pantograph collector. To ensure even pressure on OHE. the gear equipment must, be flexible in order to follow variations in the sag of the contact wire. Also ...
A. K. Theraja, 2005
6
Utilisation of Electrical Power
Er. R. K. Rajput. 2. Bow collector. Refer to Fig. 6.10. o It consists of a light metal strip or bow (about 1 m comaci or long) pressing against the trolley wire (for collec- Volley Wife tion of current) and the framework is mounted on the roof of the car.
Er. R. K. Rajput, 2006
7
Science Abstracts
Tests werer conducted on a specially equipped car to ascertain the behaviour of trolley wheels, with V and U grooves, and the bow collector, at various speeds and loads. The conclusions are that the voltage drop on both types of collectors ...
Physical Society (Great Britain), American Electro-Chemical Society, 1921
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Science Abstracts: Electrical engineering abstracts
As a result of the experiments, the form of the bow collector had to be slightly modified with an increase of speed. It was found with a speed of 175 km. that the weight of the sliding portion of the bow collector was not great enough, and that the ...
9
Europe's Greatest Tramways Network: Ttramways in the ...
Although the bow collector of Siemens und Halske was a German invention, trolley collection was almost universal in the early days. Only Bochum, Hagen, Recklinghausen, Monchengladbach, Rheydt, Barmen, Bergische Kleinbahnen, ...
‎1968
10
The Model Engineer and Practical Electrician
Hie electrical equipment connected to the bow collector and the other to earth through the wheels and rails. The earthed end is provided with several tappings giving voltages which vary from 160 to 280 above ground, and the connection of  ...

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