Here you will find one or more explanations in English for the word motor.
Also in the bottom left of the page several parts of wikipedia pages related to the word motor and, of course, motor synonyms and on the right images related to the word motor.
Motor
Motor Mo"tor, n. [L., fr. movere, motum, to move.]
1. One who, or that which, imparts motion; a source of
mechanical power.
2. (Mach.) A prime mover; a machine by means of which a
source of power, as steam, moving water, electricity,
etc., is made available for doing mechanical work.
MotorMotor Mo"tor, Motory Mo"to*ry, Motorial Mo*to"ri*al, a.
[L. motorius that has motion. See Motor, n.]
Causing or setting up motion; pertaining to organs of motion;
-- applied especially in physiology to those nerves or nerve
fibers which only convey impressions from a nerve center to
muscles, thereby causing motion. motor
Diesel engine Die"sel en`gine or motor mo`tor [After Dr.
Rudolf Diesel, of Munich, the inventor.]
A type of internal-combustion engine in which the air drawn
in by the suction stroke is so highly compressed that the
heat generated ignites the fuel (usually crude oil), the fuel
being automatically sprayed into the cylinder under pressure.
The Diesel engine has a very high thermal efficiency.
Motor
Motor Mo"tor, n.
A motor car; an automobile. [Colloq.]
Meaning of motor from wikipedia
- An
engine or
motor is a
machine designed to
convert one or more
forms of
energy into
mechanical energy.
Available energy sources include potential energy...
-
motor is a
machine that
converts electrical energy into
mechanical energy. Most
electric motors operate through the
interaction between the
motor's magnetic...
- Ford
Motor Company (commonly
known as Ford) is an
American multinational automobile manufacturer headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan,
United States. It...
- SAIC
Motor Corp., Ltd. (formerly
Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation) is a
Chinese state-owned
automobile manufacturer headquartered in Anting, Shanghai...
-
General Motors Company (GM) is an
American multinational automotive manufacturing company headquartered in Detroit, Michigan,
United States. The company...
-
Motor control is the
regulation of
movements in
organisms that
possess a
nervous system.
Motor control includes conscious voluntary movements, subconscious...
- Look up
motor or
motors in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A
motor is a
mechanical or
electrical device that
creates motion.
Motor or
Motors may also...
- The
Fairmile D
motor torpedo boat was a type of
British motor torpedo boat (MTB) and
motor gunboat (MGB),
conceived by
entrepreneur Noel
Macklin of Fairmile...
-
Motor proteins are a
class of
molecular motors that can move
along the
cytoskeleton of cells. They do this by
converting chemical energy into mechanical...
- A
motor ship or
motor vessel is a ship
propelled by an
internal combustion engine,
usually a
diesel engine. The
names of
motor ships are
often prefixed...
