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Motor : adj
1: conveying information to the muscles from the CNS; "motor
nerves" [syn: centrifugal, motor(a)]
2: causing or able to cause motion; "a motive force"; "motive
power"; "motor energy" [syn: motive(a)]
(noun)
1: machine that converts other forms of energy into mechanical
energy and so imparts motion
2: a nonspecific agent that imparts motion; "happiness is the
aim of all men and the motor of all action"
(verb)
1: travel or be transported in a vehicle; "We drove to the
university every morning"; "They motored to London for
the theater" [syn: drive]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Motor : \Mo"tor\, n. [L., fr. movere, motum, to move.]
1. One who, or that which, imparts motion; a source of
mechanical power.
2. (Mach.) A prime mover; a machine by means of which a
source of power, as steam, moving water, electricity,
etc., is made available for doing mechanical work.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Motor : \Mo"tor\, Motory \Mo"to*ry\, Motorial \Mo*to"ri*al\, a.
[L. motorius that has motion. See Motor, n.]
Causing or setting up motion; pertaining to organs of motion;
-- applied especially in physiology to those nerves or nerve
fibers which only convey impressions from a nerve center to
muscles, thereby causing motion.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Diesel engine \Die"sel en`gine\ orMotor : \mo`tor\ [After Dr.
Rudolf Diesel, of Munich, the inventor.]
A type of internal-combustion engine in which the air drawn
in by the suction stroke is so highly compressed that the
heat generated ignites the fuel (usually crude oil), the fuel
being automatically sprayed into the cylinder under pressure.
The Diesel engine has a very high thermal efficiency.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Motor : \Mo"tor\, n.
A motor car; an automobile. [Colloq.]
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Motor : Motor: In medicine, having to do with the movement of a part of the body. Something that produces motion or refers to motion. For example, a motor neuron is a nerve cell that conveys an
impulse to a muscle causing it to contract. The term "motor" today is also applied to a nerve that signals a gland to secrete. Motor is as opposed to sensory.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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