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Significados de prime mover em inglês

An agent that is the cause of all things but does not itself have a cause.

A muscle that contracts while another relaxes.

Uso de prime mover em inglês
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And the prime mover in the conspiracy had not yet been tried.
The Honor of the Name
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Perhaps the prime mover was a dust mote or a single molecule-somewhere
The Great Book of Amber
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So now the prime mover in the revolt was in prison.
The Memoirs of General Baron de Marbot
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She is the prime mover in all the charitable movements at the Madeleine.
Bel Ami; Or, The History of a Scoundrel: A Novel
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He was prime mover in the May games, and the feast of fools.
Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1
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It was a little conspiracy, with Helen as the prime mover in it.
The Imaginary Marriage
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Elsewhere, he conceives God as pure energy; a prime mover unmoved.
The Necessity of Atheism
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Marie de Medici, the Regent, was the prime mover of intrigues.
Heroes of Modern Europe
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He seems to be the prime mover here, whoever he is.'
61 hours
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A divorce case, in fact, of which you are the origin, the prime mover.
The sealed letter
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The prime mover had not yet been brought to justice.
The Irish Times
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And remember housing, perhaps the prime mover in all of this, is still falling.
Reuters
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The Jew was the prime mover in all this cabling.
A Master of Fortune: Being Further Adventures of Captain Kettle
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Love was the prime mover in the universe, Aenea had once said to me.
The Hyperion Cantos
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More particularly, the U.S. tends to be the prime mover.
Reuters
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Paul had been a prime mover in the plot which had destroyed my brother.
Julian
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