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• motor

  mōtor, ōris, m. [moveo], a mover, that which keeps a thing in motion (poet.): cunarum fueras moto...

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• Motor

  ·noun ·Alt. of <<Motorial>>. II. Motor ·add. ·noun A motor car; an <<Automobile>>. III. Motor ·nou...

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• Diesel motor

  ·add. ·- A type of internal-combustion engine in which the air drawn in by the suction stroke is so ...

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• Excito-motor

  ·adj Excito-motory; as, excito-motor power or causes. ...

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• Ideo-motor

  ·adj Applied to those actions, or muscular movements, which are automatic expressions of dominant id...

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• Incito-motor

  ·adj Inciting to motion; — applied to that action which, in the case of muscular motion, commences ...

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• Induction motor

  ·add. ·- A type of alternating-current motor comprising two wound members, one stationary, called th...

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• Inhibitory-motor

  ·adj A term applied to certain nerve centers which govern or restrain subsidiary centers, from which...

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• Motor car

  ·add. ·noun ·Alt. of <<Motorcar>>. ...

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• Motor cycle

  ·add. ·noun ·Alt. of <<Motorcycle>>. ...

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• Motor generator

  ·add. ·- The combination consisting of a generator and a driving motor mechanically connected, usual...

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• Motor-driven

  ·add. ·adj Driven or actuated by a motor, ·esp. by an individual electric motor. An electric motor f...

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• Psycho-motor

  ·adj Of or pertaining to movement produced by action of the mind or will. ...

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• Series motor

  ·add. ·- A series-wound motor. II. Series motor ·add. ·- A motor capable of being used in a series ...

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• Servo-motor

  ·add. ·noun A relay apparatus;. II. Servo-motor ·add. ·noun In a Whitehead torpedo, a compressed-ai...

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• Water motor

  ·- A water engine. II. Water motor ·- A water wheel; especially, a small water wheel driven by wate...

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