Definition of motor

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Motor (n.) 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..

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Locomotor :: Locomotor (a.) Of or pertaining to movement or locomotion.
Motorpathy :: Motorpathy (n.) Kinesiatrics.
Horse Power :: Horse power () A machine worked by a horse, for driving other machinery; a horse motor..
Tetanomotor :: Tetanomotor (n.) An instrument from tetanizing a muscle by irritating its nerve by successive mechanical shocks.
Magnetomotor :: Magnetomotor (n.) A voltaic series of two or more large plates, producing a great quantity of electricity of low tension, and hence adapted to the exhibition of electro-magnetic phenomena..
Kinesodic :: Kinesodic (a.) Conveying motion; as; kinesodic substance; -- applied esp. to the spinal cord, because it is capable of conveying doth voluntary and reflex motor impulses, without itself being affected by motor impulses applied to it directly..
Exodic :: Exodic (a.) Conducting influences from the spinal cord outward; -- said of the motor or efferent nerves. Opposed to esodic.
Develop :: Develop (v. t.) To free from that which infolds or envelops; to unfold; to lay open by degrees or in detail; to make visible or known; to disclose; to produce or give forth; as, to develop theories; a motor that develops 100 horse power..
Calorimotor :: Calorimotor (n.) A voltaic battery, having a large surface of plate, and producing powerful heating effects..
Motorpathic :: Motorpathic (a.) Of or pertaining to motorpathy.
Akinesia :: Akinesia (n.) Paralysis of the motor nerves; loss of movement.
Motorial :: Motorial (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..
Phonomotor :: Phonomotor (n.) An instrument in which motion is produced by the vibrations of a sounding body.
Excito-motor :: Excito-motor (a.) Excito-motory; as, excito-motor power or causes..
Electromotor :: Electromotor (n.) A mover or exciter of electricity; as apparatus for generating a current of electricity.
Terminal :: Terminal (n.) Either of the ends of the conducting circuit of an electrical apparatus, as an inductorium, dynamo, or electric motor, usually provided with binding screws for the attachment of wires by which a current may be conveyed into or from the machine; a pole..
Nervimotor :: Nervimotor (n.) Any agent capable of causing nervimotion.
Irritation :: Irritation (n.) The act of exciting, or the condition of being excited to action, by stimulation; -- as, the condition of an organ of sense, when its nerve is affected by some external body; esp., the act of exciting muscle fibers to contraction, by artificial stimulation; as, the irritation of a motor nerve by electricity; also, the condition of a muscle and nerve, under such stimulation..
Water Motor :: Water motor () A water wheel; especially, a small water wheel driven by water from a street main..
Water Motor :: Water motor () A water engine.
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