mōtor, ōris, m. [moveo],
a mover, that which keeps a thing in motion (poet.): cunarum fueras motor, Charideme, mearum, i. e. hast rocked me , Mart. 11, 39, 1.
·noun ·Alt. of <<Motorial>>. II. Motor ·add. ·noun A motor car; an <<Automobile>>. III. Motor ·nou...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
The prime mover in machinery. ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·add. ·- A type of internal-combustion engine in which the air drawn in by the suction stroke is so ...
·adj Excito-motory; as, excito-motor power or causes. ...
·adj Applied to those actions, or muscular movements, which are automatic expressions of dominant id...
·adj Inciting to motion; — applied to that action which, in the case of muscular motion, commences ...
·add. ·- A type of alternating-current motor comprising two wound members, one stationary, called th...
·adj A term applied to certain nerve centers which govern or restrain subsidiary centers, from which...
·add. ·noun ·Alt. of <<Motorcar>>. ...
·add. ·noun ·Alt. of <<Motorcycle>>. ...
·add. ·- The combination consisting of a generator and a driving motor mechanically connected, usual...
·add. ·adj Driven or actuated by a motor, ·esp. by an individual electric motor. An electric motor f...
·adj Of or pertaining to movement produced by action of the mind or will. ...
·add. ·- A series-wound motor. II. Series motor ·add. ·- A motor capable of being used in a series ...
·add. ·noun A relay apparatus;. II. Servo-motor ·add. ·noun In a Whitehead torpedo, a compressed-ai...
·- A water engine. II. Water motor ·- A water wheel; especially, a small water wheel driven by wate...