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Consolidation locomotiveLocomotive Lo"co*mo`tive, n.
A locomotive engine; a self-propelling wheel carriage,
especially one which bears a steam boiler and one or more
steam engines which communicate motion to the wheels and thus
propel the carriage, -- used to convey goods or passengers,
or to draw wagons, railroad cars, etc. See Illustration in
Appendix.
Consolidation locomotive, a locomotive having four pairs of
connected drivers.
Locomotive car, a locomotive and a car combined in one
vehicle; a dummy engine. [U.S.]
Locomotive engine. Same as Locomotive, above.
Mogul locomotive. See Mogul. Denotive
Denotive De*not"ive, a.
Serving to denote.
Electro-motiveElectro-motive E*lec`tro-mo"tive, a.
Producing electro-motion; producing, or tending to produce,
electricity or an electric current; causing electrical action
or effects.
Electro-motive force (Physics), the force which produces,
or tends to produce, electricity, or an electric current;
sometimes used to express the degree of electrification as
equivalent to potential, or more properly difference of
potential. Electro-motive forceElectro-motive E*lec`tro-mo"tive, a.
Producing electro-motion; producing, or tending to produce,
electricity or an electric current; causing electrical action
or effects.
Electro-motive force (Physics), the force which produces,
or tends to produce, electricity, or an electric current;
sometimes used to express the degree of electrification as
equivalent to potential, or more properly difference of
potential. EmotiveEmotive E*mo"tive, a.
Attended by, or having the character of, emotion. --H.
Brooke. -- E*mo"tive*ly, adv. EmotivelyEmotive E*mo"tive, a.
Attended by, or having the character of, emotion. --H.
Brooke. -- E*mo"tive*ly, adv. Emotiveness
Emotiveness E*mo"tive*ness, n.
Susceptibility to emotion. --G. Eliot.
Fotive
Fotive Fo"tive, a. [L. fovere, fotum, to keep warm, to
cherish.]
Nourishing. [Obs.] --T. Carew (1633).
Leading motiveLeading Lead"ing, a.
Guiding; directing; controlling; foremost; as, a leading
motive; a leading man; a leading example. -- Lead"ing*ly,
adv.
Leading case (Law), a reported decision which has come to
be regarded as settling the law of the question involved.
--Abbott.
Leading motive [a translation of G. leitmotif] (Mus.), a
guiding theme; in the modern music drama of Wagner, a
marked melodic phrase or short passage which always
accompanies the reappearance of a certain person,
situation, abstract idea, or allusion in the course of the
play; a sort of musical label.
Leading note (Mus.), the seventh note or tone in the
ascending major scale; the sensible note.
Leading question, a question so framed as to guide the
person questioned in making his reply.
Leading strings, strings by which children are supported
when beginning to walk.
To be in leading strings, to be in a state of infancy or
dependence, or under the guidance of others.
Leading wheel, a wheel situated before the driving wheels
of a locomotive engine. LocomotiveLocomotive Lo"co*mo`tive, a. [Cf. F. locomotif. See
Locomotion.]
1. Moving from place to place; changing place, or able to
change place; as, a locomotive animal.
2. Used in producing motion; as, the locomotive organs of an
animal. LocomotiveLocomotive Lo"co*mo`tive, n.
A locomotive engine; a self-propelling wheel carriage,
especially one which bears a steam boiler and one or more
steam engines which communicate motion to the wheels and thus
propel the carriage, -- used to convey goods or passengers,
or to draw wagons, railroad cars, etc. See Illustration in
Appendix.
Consolidation locomotive, a locomotive having four pairs of
connected drivers.
Locomotive car, a locomotive and a car combined in one
vehicle; a dummy engine. [U.S.]
Locomotive engine. Same as Locomotive, above.
Mogul locomotive. See Mogul. Locomotive boilerBoiler Boil"er, n.
1. One who boils.
2. A vessel in which any thing is boiled.
Note: The word boiler is a generic term covering a great
variety of kettles, saucepans, clothes boilers,
evaporators, coppers, retorts, etc.
3. (Mech.) A strong metallic vessel, usually of wrought iron
plates riveted together, or a composite structure
variously formed, in which steam is generated for driving
engines, or for heating, cooking, or other purposes.
Note: The earliest steam boilers were usually spheres or
sections of spheres, heated wholly from the outside.
Watt used the wagon boiler (shaped like the top of a
covered wagon) which is still used with low pressures.
Most of the boilers in present use may be classified as
plain cylinder boilers, flue boilers, sectional and
tubular boilers.
Barrel of a boiler, the cylindrical part containing the
flues.
Boiler plate, Boiler iron, plate or rolled iron of about
a quarter to a half inch in thickness, used for making
boilers and tanks, for covering ships, etc.
Cylinder boiler, one which consists of a single iron
cylinder.
Flue boilers are usually single shells containing a small
number of large flues, through which the heat either
passes from the fire or returns to the chimney, and
sometimes containing a fire box inclosed by water.
Locomotive boiler, a boiler which contains an inclosed fire
box and a large number of small flues leading to the
chimney.
Multiflue boiler. Same as Tubular boiler, below.
Sectional boiler, a boiler composed of a number of
sections, which are usually of small capacity and similar
to, and connected with, each other. By multiplication of
the sections a boiler of any desired capacity can be built
up.
Tubular boiler, a boiler containing tubes which form flues,
and are surrounded by the water contained in the boiler.
See Illust. of Steam boiler, under Steam.
Tubulous boiler. See under Tubulous. See Tube, n., 6,
and 1st Flue. Locomotive carLocomotive Lo"co*mo`tive, n.
A locomotive engine; a self-propelling wheel carriage,
especially one which bears a steam boiler and one or more
steam engines which communicate motion to the wheels and thus
propel the carriage, -- used to convey goods or passengers,
or to draw wagons, railroad cars, etc. See Illustration in
Appendix.
Consolidation locomotive, a locomotive having four pairs of
connected drivers.
Locomotive car, a locomotive and a car combined in one
vehicle; a dummy engine. [U.S.]
Locomotive engine. Same as Locomotive, above.
Mogul locomotive. See Mogul. Locomotive engineLocomotive Lo"co*mo`tive, n.
A locomotive engine; a self-propelling wheel carriage,
especially one which bears a steam boiler and one or more
steam engines which communicate motion to the wheels and thus
propel the carriage, -- used to convey goods or passengers,
or to draw wagons, railroad cars, etc. See Illustration in
Appendix.
Consolidation locomotive, a locomotive having four pairs of
connected drivers.
Locomotive car, a locomotive and a car combined in one
vehicle; a dummy engine. [U.S.]
Locomotive engine. Same as Locomotive, above.
Mogul locomotive. See Mogul. Magnetomotive
Magnetomotive Mag`net*o*mo"tive, a. [Magneto- + motive, a.]
(Elec.)
Pertaining to, or designating, a force producing magnetic
flux, analogous to electromotive force, and equal to the
magnetic flux multiplied by the magnetic reluctance.
Manumotive
Manumotive Man"u*mo`tive, a. [L. manus the hand + E. motive.]
Movable by hand. [R.]
Mogul locomotiveLocomotive Lo"co*mo`tive, n.
A locomotive engine; a self-propelling wheel carriage,
especially one which bears a steam boiler and one or more
steam engines which communicate motion to the wheels and thus
propel the carriage, -- used to convey goods or passengers,
or to draw wagons, railroad cars, etc. See Illustration in
Appendix.
Consolidation locomotive, a locomotive having four pairs of
connected drivers.
Locomotive car, a locomotive and a car combined in one
vehicle; a dummy engine. [U.S.]
Locomotive engine. Same as Locomotive, above.
Mogul locomotive. See Mogul. MotiveMotive Mo"tive, a.
Causing motion; having power to move, or tending to move; as,
a motive argument; motive power. ``Motive faculty.' --Bp.
Wilkins.
Motive power (Mach.), a natural agent, as water, steam,
wind, electricity, etc., used to impart motion to
machinery; a motor; a mover. MotiveMotive Mo"tive, n. [F. motif, LL. motivum, from motivus
moving, fr. L. movere, motum, to move. See Move.]
1. That which moves; a mover. [Obs.] --Shak.
2. That which incites to action; anything prompting or
exciting to choise, or moving the will; cause; reason;
inducement; object.
By motive, I mean the whole of that which moves,
excites, or invites the mind to volition, whether
that be one thing singly, or many things
conjunctively. --J. Edwards.
3. (Mus.) The theme or subject; a leading phrase or passage
which is reproduced and varied through the course of a
comor a movement; a short figure, or melodic germ, out of
which a whole movement is develpoed. See also Leading
motive, under Leading. [Written also motivo.]
4. (Fine Arts) That which produces conception, invention, or
creation in the mind of the artist in undertaking his
subject; the guiding or controlling idea manifested in a
work of art, or any part of one.
Syn: Incentive; incitement; inducement; reason; spur;
stimulus; cause.
Usage: Motive, Inducement, Reason. Motive is the word
originally used in speaking of that which determines
the choice. We call it an inducement when it is
attractive in its nature. We call it a reason when it
is more immediately addressed to the intellect in the
form of argument. Motive
Motive Mo"tive, v. t.
To prompt or incite by a motive or motives; to move.
Motive powerMotive Mo"tive, a.
Causing motion; having power to move, or tending to move; as,
a motive argument; motive power. ``Motive faculty.' --Bp.
Wilkins.
Motive power (Mach.), a natural agent, as water, steam,
wind, electricity, etc., used to impart motion to
machinery; a motor; a mover. MotivelessMotiveless Mo"tive*less, a.
Destitute of a motive; not incited by a motive. --
Mo"tive*less*ness, n. --G. Eliot. MotivelessnessMotiveless Mo"tive*less, a.
Destitute of a motive; not incited by a motive. --
Mo"tive*less*ness, n. --G. Eliot. Pedomotive
Pedomotive Ped`o*mo"tive, a. [Pedi-, pedo- + -motive.]
Moved or worked by the action of the foot or feet on a pedal
or treadle.
Promotive
Promotive Pro*mo"tive, a.
Tending to advance, promote, or encourage. --Hume.
Shifting locomotiveShifting Shift"ing, a.
1. Changing in place, position, or direction; varying;
variable; fickle; as, shifting winds; shifting opinions or
principles.
2. Adapted or used for shifting anything.
Shifting backstays (Naut.), temporary stays that have to be
let go whenever the vessel tacks or jibes.
Shifting ballast, ballast which may be moved from one side
of a vessel to another as safety requires.
Shifting center. See Metacenter.
Shifting locomotive. See Switching engine, under
Switch.
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