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motor

[moh-ter]

noun

  1. a comparatively small and powerful engine, especially an internal-combustion engine in an automobile, motorboat, or the like.

  2. any self-powered vehicle.

  3. a person or thing that imparts motion, especially a contrivance, as a steam engine, that receives and modifies energy from some natural source in order to utilize it in driving machinery.

  4. Also called electric motor.Electricity.a machine that converts electrical energy into mechanical energy, as an induction motor.

  5. motors, stocks or bonds in automobile companies.



adjective

  1. pertaining to or operated by a motor.

  2. of, for, by, or pertaining to motor vehicles.

    motor freight.

  3. designed or for automobiles, their drivers, or their passengers.

    The hotel has a motor lobby in its parking garage for picking up and discharging passengers.

  4. causing or producing motion.

  5. Physiology.conveying an impulse that results or tends to result in motion, as a nerve.

  6. Psychology, Physiology.Also of, relating to, or involving muscular movement.

    a motor response; motor images.

verb (used without object)

  1. to ride or travel in an automobile; drive.

    They motored up the coast.

verb (used with object)

  1. Chiefly British.to drive or transport by car.

    He motored his son to school.

motor

/ ˈəʊə /

noun

    1. the engine, esp an internal-combustion engine, of a vehicle

    2. ( as modifier )

      a motor scooter

  1. Also called: electric motor.a machine that converts electrical energy into mechanical energy by means of the forces exerted on a current-carrying coil placed in a magnetic field

  2. any device that converts another form of energy into mechanical energy to produce motion

  3. an indispensable part or player that moves a process or system along

    1. a car or other motor vehicle

    2. as modifier

      motor spares

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. producing or causing motion

  2. physiol

    1. of or relating to nerves or neurons that carry impulses that cause muscles to contract

    2. of or relating to movement or to muscles that induce movement

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. (intr) to travel by car

  2. (tr) to transport by car

  3. informal(intr) to move fast; make good progress

  4. (tr) to motivate

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

motor

  1. A machine that uses energy, such as electric or chemical energy (as from burning a fuel), to produce mechanical motion.

  2. See also engine

  1. Involving the muscles or the nerves that are connected to them.

  2. Compare sensory

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • multimotor noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of motor1

1580–90; < Latin ōٴǰ mover, equivalent to ō- (variant stem of DZŧ to move ) + -tor -tor
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of motor1

C16: from Latin ōٴǰ a mover, from DZŧ to move
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There’s a version of it where I’m pursuing the bus on a bike rig that is fueled by a motor, almost like a small go-kart.

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But the difference could still be enough for that motor home or world cruise.

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They talked with two other people about how to export the device, including hiding it in a blender, motor starter, small electronics or shipping it to Hong Kong.

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The five arrests include Simranjit Kajla, 28, who has been charged with attempted murder, causing serious injury by dangerous driving, driving while disqualified and using a motor vehicle on a road without insurance.

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“Finding a thing that you’re passionate about, having a sense of community, not to mention the balance and motor coordination — skateboarding is extremely physical — all of that is part of healthy aging.”

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