"power car" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: power cars [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} power car (plural power cars)
  1. A vehicle that propels, and commonly also controls, a passenger train or tram, often as the lead vehicle. Categories (topical): Rail transportation, Vehicles Translations (vehicle that propels): 動車 (Chinese Mandarin), 动车 (dòngchē) (Chinese Mandarin), veturi (english: train) (Finnish), vetovaunu (english: tram) (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-power_car-en-noun-FN3ZkaoM Disambiguation of Rail transportation: 77 23 Disambiguation of Vehicles: 63 37 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, High-speed rail Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 68 32 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 72 28 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 74 26 Disambiguation of High-speed rail: 87 13 Disambiguation of 'vehicle that propels': 83 17
  2. A vehicle equipped with machinery for supplying heat or electrical power to other parts of a train. Translations (vehicle equipped with machinery): 發電車 (Chinese Mandarin), 发电车 (fādiànchē) (Chinese Mandarin), lämmitysvaunu (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-power_car-en-noun-sbIGsapq Disambiguation of 'vehicle equipped with machinery': 23 77

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