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Prime Mover

Definition: Prime Mover

Prime Mover

Noun

1. 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.
 


Specialty Definition: Prime Mover

DomainDefinition

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.

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Synonyms: Prime Mover

Synonyms: first cause (n), primum mobile (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Prime Mover

ContextSynonyms 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.

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Crosswords: Prime Mover

English words defined with "prime mover": Brake horse powerCassius, Cassius LonginusGaius Cassius LonginusJack shaftWalking wheel. (references)
Specialty definitions using "prime mover": anchor windlassCompressed Air Storageexcavator base machinegenerating setInstitute of Paper Chemistrykind of drivemotor hammer drillpaalinavauskoneen syöttöpöytä, power take-off, powerplantrecoverable heatsystem of drivetractive unit, turbo shaft power plantwater turbine. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Prime Mover

DomainTitle

Books

  • Power: Prime Mover of Technology (reference)

  • Prime Mover (Royal Fireworks Science Fiction) (reference)

  • Prime Mover of Progress: The Entrepreneur in Capitalism and Socialism: Papers on the Role of the Entrepreneur. by Israel Kirzner (Et Al. Based on A) (reference)

  • Ship propulsion losses related to automatic steering and prime mover control (reference)

  • The horizontal watermill : history and technique of the first prime mover (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: Prime Mover

ThumbnailDescription & 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.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Prime Mover

SubjectTopicQuote

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)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Prime Mover

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

prime mover

32

bt prime mover

9
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Prime Mover

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

   

Portuguese

  

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)

   

Romanian

  

mobil primar, cauzã iniţialã a unei mişcãri. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

первичный двигатель, источник энергии. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

fuerza motriz (driving force, motive power, propelling force). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

primärdrivenhet, primär drivkraft, drivkraft (drift, driving force, impulsion, momentum), drivkälla. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

römork (cargo glider, trailer), güç kaynağı (power plant, power supply, power unit), fikir babası. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Prime Mover

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.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Photo Album
6. Quotations: Non-fiction
7. Expressions: Internet
8. Translations: Modern
9. Anagrams
10. Bibliography


  

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