Motive Power

Definition: Motive Power

Motive Power

Noun

1. The power or ability to move.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Mining

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Synonyms: Motive Power

Motion

Restlessness; (changeableness); mobility; movableness, motive power; laws of motion; mobilization.

Crosswords: Motive Power

Books

• Seaboard Air Line Railroad Company : motive power (reference)

• Greenberg's Guide to Lionel Trains 1987-1995: Motive Power and Rolling Stock: Richard Kughn Era (reference)

• Lines West: A Pictorial History of the Great Northern Railway Operations and Motive Power from 1887 to 1967 (reference)

• BR steam motive power depots, NER (reference)

• Greenberg's Guide to Lionel Trains 1945-1969: Motive Power and Rolling Stock (reference)

  (more book examples)

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

Expression using "motive power": motive power unit. Additional references.

Danish

fremdrivningskraft (driving force, prime mover, propelling force). (various references)

Dutch

drijfkracht (drive, driving force, impulse, instinct, prime mover, propellent effect, propelling force, urge), aandrijvingskracht (driving force, prime mover, propelling force). (various references)

Finnish

käyttövoima (propelling power). (various references)

French

matériel moteur, force motrice (prime mover), force de propulsion (prime mover). (various references)

German

triebkraft (driving force, germinating power, mover, propelling force, thrust), Triebfahrzeuge (tractive stock), Antriebskraft (impulsion). (various references)

Greek 

κινητήρια οχήματα (tractive stock), κινητήρια δύναμη (driving force, prime mover, propelling force), προωθητική δύναμη (driving force, prime mover, propelling force, thrust), τροχαίο κινητήριο υλικό (tractive stock). (various references)

Hungarian

hajtóerő (driving force, impulsive force, propellant power). (various references)

Italian

macchina motrice di trazione (motive power unit, traction unit, tractive unit), veicolo motore di trazione (motive power unit, traction unit, tractive unit), unit� motrice (motive power unit, traction unit, tractive unit). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

原動力 , 動力 (dynamic force, power). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

どうりょく (dynamic force, power), �'�"どうりょく. (various references)

Pig Latin

otivemay owerpay

Portuguese

material motor (tractive stock), força de propulsão (driving force, forward thrust, prime mover, propelling force, thrust). (various references)

Russian 

энергия (activity, dash, energy, hustle, might, motive force, pep, power, vigor, vigour, vim), движущая сила (driving force, driving motive, impetus, impulsive force, locomotive power, momentum, motive, motive force, operative force). (various references)

Spanish

fuerza propulsora (driving force, prime mover, propelling force, propulsive force, tensile force), fuerza motriz (prime mover), fuerza de propulsión (driving force, prime mover, propelling force). (various references)

Swedish

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

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: promotive.

-3 letters: overtime.

-4 letters: emotive, empower, emptier, epitome, impower, improve, overtip, overtop, overwet, preview, promote, towrope, vomiter.

-5 letters: emoter, empire, epimer, import, improv, meteor, metier, metope, mooter, mopier, motive, optime, peewit, permit, pewter, powter, premie, privet, protei, reemit, remote, remove, retime, review, revote, rewove, roomie, temper, trompe, verite, vetoer, viewer, vomito.