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powered

powered

English

Adjective

powered (not comparable)

  1. (of a device) Self-powered, such as by an electric motor or an internal engine; not requiring external power, such as from a person or a horse.
    • 2007, John W. Diers and Aaron Isaacs, Twin Cities by Trolley: The Streetcar Era in Minneapolis and St. Paul, University of Minnesota Press, ISBN 0-8166-4358-X, page 145,
      Around the same time, TCRT experimented with removing the motors on one of its older cars, turning it into an unpowered trailer that could be towed behind a powered car.

Derived terms

Verb

powered

  1. simple past tense and past participle of power