Motor : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Motor	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for Motor
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
motor adj conveying information to the muscles from the CNS; "motor nerves" Synonym(s): centrifugal, motor(a) causing or able to cause motion; "a motive force"; "motive power"; "motor energy" Synonym(s): motive(a), motor n machine that converts other forms of energy into mechanical energy and so imparts motion a nonspecific agent that imparts motion; "happiness is the aim of all men and the motor of all action" v travel or be transported in a vehicle; "We drove to the university every morning"; "They motored to London for the theater" Synonym(s): drive, motor
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Motor \Mo"tor\, Motory \Mo"tory\, Motorial \Moto"ri*al\, a. [L. motorius that has motion. See {Motor}, n.] 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Motor \Mo"tor\, n. [L., fr. movere, motum, to move.] 1. One who, or that which, imparts motion; a source of mechanical power. 2. (Mach.) A prime mover; a machine by means of which a source of power, as steam, moving water, electricity, etc., is made available for doing mechanical work.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Diesel engine \Die"sel en`gine\ [or] motor \mo`tor\ [After Dr. Rudolf Diesel, of Munich, the inventor.] A type of internal-combustion engine in which the air drawn in by the suction stroke is so highly compressed that the heat generated ignites the fuel (usually crude oil), the fuel being automatically sprayed into the cylinder under pressure. The Diesel engine has a very high thermal efficiency.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Motor \Mo"tor\, n. A motor car; an automobile. [Colloq.]