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Commonly used terms in the Electrical industry.
Ward-Leonard drive
an adjustable voltage control drive system for the speed control of DC machines, whereby variable voltage is supplied to the armature, while maintaining constant voltage across the shunt or separately excited fields. The variable voltage is obtained from a motor-generator set. The Ward-Leonard drive was frequently used in elevators.