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Definition of Motor

1. Adjective. Conveying information to the muscles from the CNS. "Motor nerves"

2. Verb. Travel or be transported in a vehicle. "They motor up the hill"; "They motored to London for the theater"

3. Noun. Machine that converts other forms of energy into mechanical energy and so imparts motion.

4. Adjective. Causing or able to cause motion. "Motor energy"

5. Noun. A nonspecific agent that imparts motion. "Happiness is the aim of all men and the motor of all action"

Definition of Motor

1. n. One who, or that which, imparts motion; a source of mechanical power.

2. 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.

3. n. A motor car; an automobile.

Definition of Motor

1. Noun. A machine or device that converts any form of energy into mechanical energy, or imparts motion. ¹

2. Noun. (UK colloquial) A motor car, or automobile. ¹

3. Noun. a small internal combustion engine, especially a powerful one for the size (as in motorboat, motor car). ¹

4. Noun. An electric motor. ¹

5. Adjective. (biology) describing neurons that create the ability to move ¹

6. Verb. to drive around leisurely in a motorised vehicle. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Motor

1. to travel by automobile [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Motor

1. A muscle, nerve or centre that effects or produces movement. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Motor

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motofacient motogen motoneuron motoneuronal motoneurons motor (current term) motor(a) motor-generator motor-racing motor-van

motor-vans motor abreaction motor activity motor agraphia motor amusia motor aphasia motor apraxia motor area motor ataxia

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