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Ideo-motion :: Ideo-motion (n.) An ideo-motor movement.

Kinetic :: Kinetic (q.) Moving or causing motion; motory; active, as opposed to latent..

Depressomotor :: Depressomotor (n.) Any agent that depresses the activity of the motor centers, as bromides, etc..

Excito-motory :: Excito-motory (a.) Exciting motion; -- said of that portion of the nervous system concerned in reflex actions, by which impressions are transmitted to a nerve center and then reflected back so as to produce muscular contraction without sensation or volition..

Pressor :: Pressor (a.) Causing, or giving rise to, pressure or to an increase of pressure; as, pressor nerve fibers, stimulation of which excites the vasomotor center, thus causing a stronger contraction of the arteries and consequently an increase of the arterial blood pressure; -- opposed to depressor..

Motorpathy :: Motorpathy (n.) Kinesiatrics.

Manumotor :: Manumotor (n.) A small wheel carriage, so constructed that a person sitting in it may move it..

Water Motor :: Water motor () A water engine.

Efferent :: Efferent (a.) Conveyed outward; as, efferent impulses, i. e., such as are conveyed by the motor or efferent nerves from the central nervous organ outwards; -- opposed to afferent..

Elater :: Elater (n.) The active principle of elaterium, being found in the juice of the wild or squirting cucumber (Ecballium agreste, formerly Motordica Elaterium) and other related species. It is extracted as a bitter, white, crystalline substance, which is a violent purgative..

Nervimotor :: Nervimotor (n.) Any agent capable of causing nervimotion.

Naze :: Naze (n.) A promotory or headland.

Brake :: Brake (v. t.) An apparatus for testing the power of a steam engine, or other motor, by weighing the amount of friction that the motor will overcome; a friction brake..

Ideo-motor :: Ideo-motor (a.) Applied to those actions, or muscular movements, which are automatic expressions of dominant ideas, rather than the result of distinct volitional efforts, as the act of expressing the thoughts in speech, or in writing, while the mind is occupied in the composition of the sentence..

Horse Power :: Horse power () A machine worked by a horse, for driving other machinery; a horse motor..

Excito-motion :: Excito-motion (n.) Motion excited by reflex nerves. See Excito-motory.

Motor :: 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..

Mover :: Mover (n.) A person or thing that imparts motion, or causes change of place; a motor..

Incito-motor :: Incito-motor (a.) Inciting to motion; -- applied to that action which, in the case of muscular motion, commences in the nerve centers, and excites the muscles to contraction. Opposed to excito-motor..

Chain Wheel :: Chain wheel () An inversion of the chain pump, by which it becomes a motor driven by water..

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