English to English
motor
('m/oU/t/@/r
)
adjective (a)
- 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.(adjective)source: webster1913
noun (n)
- machine that converts other forms of energy into mechanical energy and so imparts motion(noun.artifact)source: wordnet30
- a nonspecific agent that imparts motion(noun.object)Example:
Happiness is the aim of all men and the motor of all action.
source: wordnet30 - One who, or that which, imparts motion; a source of mechanical power.(noun)source: webster1913
- A motor car; an automobile.(noun)source: webster1913
adjective satellite (s)
- conveying information to the muscles from the CNS(adj.all)Example:
Motor nerves.
source: wordnet30
verb (v)
- travel or be transported in a vehicle(verb.motion)Example:
They motored to London for the theater.
source: wordnet30
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