Motorization

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  motorization \motorization\ n.
     the act of motorizing (equiping with motors or with motor
     vehicles).
  
     Syn: motorisation.
          [WordNet 1.5]



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Motorize \Mo"tor*ize\ (m[=o]"t[~e]r*[imac]z), v. t. [Motor +
     -ize.]
     1. To substitute motor-driven vehicles, or automobiles, for
        the horses and horse-drawn vehicles of (a fire department,
        city, etc.). [archaic] -- {Mo`tor*i*za"tion}, n.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     2. to equip (a piece of machinery) with a motor.
        [PJC]
  
     3. to provide with automobiles or other motor vehicles; as, a
        motorized army division.
  
     Syn: mechanize.
          [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  motorization
       n : the act of motorizing (equiping with motors or with motor
           vehicles) [syn: {motorisation}]