Lexic.us

Definition of Motor

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

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

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

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

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

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

motleyest motleys motlier motliest motmot motmots moto-cross moto-x motocross motocrosses

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

Literary usage of Motor

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1916)
"See Automobiles motor cars (railroad) Ingenious electric drive gear adapted for light Ag ... II Sei Am S 81:76 Ja 29 '16 Steam failed: the motor made good. ..."

2. Sportby C. M. van Stockum by C. M. van Stockum (1911)
"New- York, 6631 motor-map, New Hampshire, 6624 motor-map, New Jersey, 6624 motor-map, New-York state line to Chicago, 6624 motor-map, New-York stale, ..."

3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1888)
"energy ; and it is plain that there is no possibility of very much improvement in the efficiency of conversion. The regulation of the electric motor is ..."

4. Electrical Engineering: The Theory and Characteristics of Electrical by Clarence Victor Christie (1917)
"Of the alternating-current motors, the synchronous motor runs at a constant ... The induction motor with a low-resistance rotor also runs approximately at ..."

5. Monographic Medicine by William Robie Patten Emerson, Guido Guerrini, William Brown, Wendell Christopher Phillips, John Whitridge Williams, John Appleton Swett, Hans Günther, Mario Mariotti, Hugh Grant Rowell (1916)
"In both upper-motor-neuron lesion and lower-motor-neuron lesion the movements of the lower part of the face are paralyzed; but the upper-facial domain is ..."

6. Public Affairs Information Service Bulletin by Public Affairs Information Service (1920)
"National automobile chamber of commerce, motor haulage—Continued • National automobile ... Some good reasons why motor transportation is so successful. ..."

7. The Cumulative Book Index by H.W. Wilson Company (1911)
"Fierce-Arrow motor car со. Few New York state routings for Fierce-Arrow tourists. ... San Francisco motor club tour book: covering the principal tours in ..."

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