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   Mo·tor

   /ˈmōdər/

   

   noun

   • 1. a machine, especially one powered by electricity or internal combustion, that supplies motive power for a vehicle or for some other device with moving parts.
   • ▪ a source of power, energy, or motive force: "hormones are the motor of the sexual functions"

   adjective

   • 1. giving, imparting, or producing motion or action: "demand is the principle motor force governing economic activity"
   • ▪ relating to muscular movement or the nerves activating it: "the motor functions of each hand"
   • 2. driven by a motor. British
   • ▪ relating to motor vehicles: "a dominant figure in the world of motor sports"

   verb

   • 1. travel in a motor vehicle, typically a car or a boat: "we motored along a narrow road"
   • ▪ run or move as fast as possible: "he had motored along to second base on a passed ball"

   Word Origin late Middle English (denoting a person who imparts motion): from Latin, literally ‘mover’, based on movere ‘to move’. The current sense of the noun dates from the mid 19th century.

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   Is a motor connected to the world of motion?

   • Coming to us from a Latin word that means "to move," motor is certainly connected to the world of motion. Without the innovation of Ford motors, most of America wouldn't be able to get anywhere today. These days the motor is undergoing some serious revisions, as engineers look for a way to power things with less gasoline and more sunshine.

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   What does a motor do?

   • A motor runs your car, whizzes the blender and gets your golf cart going: it's simply a machine that converts energy into motion. Coming to us from a Latin word that means "to move," motor is certainly connected to the world of motion. Without the innovation of Ford motors, most of America wouldn't be able to get anywhere today.

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   What is a motor noun?

   • Definition of motor noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary a device that uses electricity, petrol, etc. to produce movement and makes a machine, a vehicle, a boat, etc. work An electric motor is used to pump the water. Batteries power the motor. He started the motor. Diesel engines drive six electric motors.

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   What does motor mean in Physiology?

   • Psychology, Physiology .Also motoric. of, relating to, or involving muscular movement: a motor response; motor images. to ride or travel in an automobile; drive: They motored up the coast. Chiefly British. to drive or transport by car: He motored his son to school.

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   Definitions of motor. noun. machine that converts other forms of energy into mechanical energy and so imparts motion. see more. noun. a nonspecific agent that imparts motion. “happiness is the aim of all men and the motor of all action” see more. adjective. causing or able to cause motion. “ motor energy” synonyms: motive. causative.

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