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motorstel

English translation: motor unit


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07:45 Feb 7, 2011
Dutch to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Engineering (general)
Dutch term or phrase: motorstel
Het laboratorium ontving twee motorstellen gemerkt demo also ook enkele losse stukken kunststof der behuizing.
stephkg
United Kingdom
Local time: 13:14
English translation:motor unit
Explanation:
Not much context, but maybe motors for powering specific lab equipment.
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Olly Pekelharing
Local time: 14:14
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Summary of answers provided
3 +5motor unit
Olly Pekelharing
4 +1engine setTalitha Wilsnagh
3power unit
André Linsen


  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +5
motor unit


Explanation:
Not much context, but maybe motors for powering specific lab equipment.

Olly Pekelharing
Local time: 14:14
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 20
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Asker: Thanks!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Kate Hudson
22 mins
agree  Johan Venter
23 mins
agree  David Walker
33 mins
neutral  solejnicz: Could be possible, but I do not think this is optimal because it has diverse meanings.
1 hr
agree  dorotheez
1 hr
agree  Siobhan Schoonhoff-Reilly
2 hrs
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33 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
engine set


Explanation:
If it refers to "motorstellen" for trains etc, I would use engine sets

Talitha Wilsnagh
Local time: 14:14
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in AfrikaansAfrikaans
PRO pts in category: 2

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  solejnicz: Yes, because "motor unit" is a little ambiguous.
52 mins
  -> Thank you
neutral  Olly Pekelharing: What's a train engine doing in a lab?
59 mins
  -> Hi, Olly. They run tests on engines as well. It wasn't specified what kind of lab.
neutral  André Linsen: for trains: motor unit (powered unit of a multiple unit passenger train) or engine (locomotive)
2 hrs
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
power unit


Explanation:
Another possibility, if the "motorstel" includes engine/motor + transmission + drive train
If it's about trains: engine, motor unit
Or maybe: drive/drive unit/propulsion unit (depending on context)

André Linsen
Local time: 14:14
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch, Native in FrenchFrench
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