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• Motive power — Motive Mo tive, a. Causing motion; having power to move, or tending to move; as, a motive argument; motive power. Motive faculty. Bp. Wilkins. [1913 Webster] {Motive power} (Mach.), a natural agent, as water, steam, wind, electricity, etc., used… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Motive — Mo tive, a. Causing motion; having power to move, or tending to move; as, a motive argument; motive power. Motive faculty. Bp. Wilkins. [1913 Webster] {Motive power} (Mach.), a natural agent, as water, steam, wind, electricity, etc., used to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• power — n. authority 1) to assume, take; exercise, wield; seize; transfer power 2) emergency; executive; political power 3) discretionary powers 4) power over (they seized power over several provinces) 5) the power to + inf. (the prime minister has the… …   Combinatory dictionary

• motive — mo·tive n [Anglo French motif, from Middle French motif adjective, moving, from Medieval Latin motivus, from Latin motus, past participle of movēre to move]: something (as a need or desire) that causes a person to act ◇ In criminal law, motive is …   Law dictionary

• Motive power (disambiguation) — Motive power can refer to: Motive power, the thermodynamics concept A colloquial term for a railway locomotive Motive Power, an Australian railway magazine Electric Motive Power, an English electric car MotivePower Industries, a company now part… …   Wikipedia

• Motive (Red Box album) — Motive Studio album by Red Box Released 1990 …   Wikipedia

• motive# — motive n 1 Motive, spring, impulse, incentive, inducement, spur, goad all denote a stimulus inciting or prompting a person to act or behave in a definite way. Motive applies chiefly to such an emotion as fear, anger, hatred, or love or to a… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• Power — may refer to*any ability to effect change;political or social * Power (philosophy) ** Political power, power held by a person or group in a country s political system ** Reserve power, a power exercised by a head of state in certain exceptional… …   Wikipedia

• motive power — n. 1. any power, as steam, electricity, etc., used to impart motion; any source of mechanical energy 2. an impelling force …   English World dictionary

• motive power — ► NOUN ▪ the energy used to drive machinery …   English terms dictionary

• Motive power — For other uses, see Motive power (disambiguation). A young drawer pulling a coal tub up a mine shaft, whose effect constitutes the elevation of a weight to a certain height (Sadi Carnot). In thermodynamics, motive power is an agency, as water or… …   Wikipedia