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Definition: Prime Mover |
Prime MoverNoun1. A self-caused agent that is the cause of all things; "God is the first cause". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Electrical Engineering | A)the engine, turbine, water wheel, or similar machine that drives an electric generator or b), for reporting purposes, a device that converts energy to electricity directly. Source: European Union. (references) |
Energy | Any machine capable of producing power to do work. (references) |
Mechanical Engineering | A machine which converts fuel or other natural energy into mechanical power, such as an internal combustion engine, steam engine, water wheel, water turbine or steam turbine or windmill. Source: European Union. (references) |
| The device which serves as the source of mechanical power for the fluid power system i. e. that which drives the pump or compressor. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Mining | A. A machine that converts fuel or other natural energy into mechanical power b. A tractor or other vehicle used to pull other machines. (references) |
Nuclear Energy & Physics | A component such as a motor, solenoid op rator, or pneumatic operator that converts energy into action when commanded by an actuation device. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: Prime MoverSynonyms: first cause (n), primum mobile (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Cause | Noun: cause, origin, source, principle, element; occasioner, prime mover, primum mobile; vera causa; author; (producer); mainspring; agent; leaven; groundwork, foundation; (support). |
Deity | God, Lord, Jehovah, Jahweh, Allah; The Almighty, The Supreme Being, The First Cause, the Prime Mover; Ens Entium; Author of all things, Creator of all things; Author of our being; Cosmoplast; El; The Infinite, The Eternal; The All-powerful, The All-wise, The All-merciful, The All-holy. |
Producer | Noun: producer, originator, inventor, author, founder, generator, mover, architect, creator, prime mover; maker; (agent); prime mover. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Prime Mover |
| English words defined with "prime mover": Brake horse power ♦ Cassius, Cassius Longinus ♦ Gaius Cassius Longinus ♦ Jack shaft ♦ Walking wheel. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "prime mover": anchor windlass ♦ Compressed Air Storage ♦ excavator base machine ♦ generating set ♦ Institute of Paper Chemistry ♦ kind of drive ♦ motor hammer drill ♦ paalinavauskoneen syöttöpöytä, power take-off, powerplant ♦ recoverable heat ♦ system of drive ♦ tractive unit, turbo shaft power plant ♦ water turbine. (references) |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | ![]() | Two and a half ton prime mover towing a 105 mm. howitzer along the Algerian beach. Troop ships can be seen in the background. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Economic History | Singapore | The Ministry of the Environment (ENV) is the government authority on environmental matters and is the prime mover on environmental projects even though the trend is towards more privatization. (references) |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
prime mover | 32 |
bt prime mover | 9 |
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| Language | Translations for "prime mover"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | kraftmaskiner, kraftmaskine, hoveddrivmiddel, fremdrivningskraft (driving force, motive power, propelling force), energikilde, drivmotor, drivmiddel (aerosol propellant, propellant, spray can propellant, spray propellant), drivenhed. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | primaire aandrijving, krachtwerktuig, krachtmachine, energiebron, drijfkracht (drive, driving force, impulse, instinct, motive power, propellent effect, propelling force, urge), aandrijvingskracht (driving force, motive power, propelling force), aandrijfmotor, aandrijfmechanisme (device which drives the movement, driving mechanism). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | voimalaite (power plant), voimakone (engine, motor), moottori (engine, motor), käyttövoima (motive power, propelling power). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | force motrice (propelling force). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Antriebsmaschine (main engine). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κύρια μηχανή ισχύος, κύριο κινητήριο σύστημα, κινητήρια μηχανή (turbine), κινητήρια μονάδα (motive power unit, traction unit, tractive unit), κινητήρια δύναμη (driving force, motive power, propelling force), μονάδα παραγωγής ενέργειας, μονάδα παροχής ισχύος, πρωτοστάτησ, προωθητική δύναμη (driving force, motive power, propelling force, thrust), πηγή ενέργειας, αυτόνομη κινητήρια μηχανή, θερμική μηχανή. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | primum mobile, okozó személy, okozó (agent, artificer, begetter, causative, causer, causing, maker, occasioning, originator, puckery), mozgatója vminek (moving spirit of sg), motorja vminek, lelke vminek (juice of sg, life and soul of sg, moving spirit, moving spirit of sg), lényege vminek (body, burden, gist, guts, purport, quintessence), erős traktor, erőgép, erőforrás (power equipment), elsődleges hajtómű, elsődleges hajtógép, éltető eleme vminek. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | primo motore, motore primario, macchina termica, macchina motrice, fonte di energia, apparato motore (engine). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | imepray overmay motor primário, máquina térmica, máquina motriz, máquina motora (motor), força de propulsão (driving force, forward thrust, motive power, propelling force, thrust), fonte de energia mecânica, fonte de energia (energy source, source of energy). (various references) mobil primar, cauzã iniţialã a unei mişcãri. (various references) первичный двигатель, источник энергии. (various references) fuerza motriz (driving force, motive power, propelling force). (various references) primärdrivenhet, primär drivkraft, drivkraft (drift, driving force, impulsion, momentum), drivkälla. (various references) römork (cargo glider, trailer), güç kaynağı (power plant, power supply, power unit), fikir babası. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-i-m-m-o-p-r-r-v" | |
-2 letters: improver, overripe. | |
-3 letters: emperor, improve, premier, primero, primmer, remover, reprove. | |
-4 letters: empire, epimer, improv, memoir, mopier, pommee, pommie, premie, primer, prover, reiver, remove, riever, rimmer, romper, ropier, verier. | |
-5 letters: emmer, merer, mimeo, mimer, moire, moper, mover, movie, ormer, prier, prime, primo, prior, proem, prove, reive, repro, rimer, riper, river, roper, rover, viper, vireo, vomer. | |
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