motive power
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motive power
noun motive powers
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The power that enables something to move.
Using electricity as motive power for railroads will do away with fuel trains, tenders, coal handling, water, and all that.
Similar: locomotion, motivity
- The locomotives or other powered units that operate on a railway. While at first in the U.S.A. it may have been a matter of high-pressure salesmanship—and it has undoubtely been the irresistible enterprise of the General Motors Corporation, through its Electro-Motive subsidiary, that has set in motion this amazingly rapid transformation of American railway motive
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noun power that enables something to move
| Español | fuerza motriz |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 動力 /动力 dònglì, 原動力 /原动力 yuándònglì |
| Français | force motrice |
| Italiano | forza motrice |
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