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Meanings of prime mover in inglês

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

A muscle that contracts while another relaxes.

Synonyms
Examples for "first cause"
Examples for "first cause"
1
Avoid envy which was the first cause of the loss of mankind.
The Life and Legends of Saint Francis of Assisi
2
This is the first cause which, in this country, renders brick allowable.
The Poetry of Architecture / Or, the Architecture of the Nations...
3
His devotion to her did not at first cause them any wonderment.
Paul Faber, Surgeon
4
Thou art the first cause of all the worlds thyself being eternal!
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 / Books 8,...
5
This was the first cause of the union of the kingdoms.
The Leading Facts of English History
1
The sphere which approaches most nearly to it is called the primum mobile.
Light, Life, and Love: Selections from the German Mystics of the...
2
The ninth was the primum mobile, and inclosing all was the tenth heaven-theEmpyrean.
History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom
3
No, I of only I want you to tell us what was the primum mobile in the matter.
Three Comedies
4
In thirty lines his patron is a river, the primum mobile, a pilot, a victim, the sun, any thing and nothing.
The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volum...
5
And this is why that first moved-thePrimum Mobile-hassuch extremely rapid motion.
The Banquet (Il Convito)
Usage of prime mover in inglês
1
And the prime mover in the conspiracy had not yet been tried.
The Honor of the Name
2
Perhaps the prime mover was a dust mote or a single molecule-somewhere
The Great Book of Amber
3
So now the prime mover in the revolt was in prison.
The Memoirs of General Baron de Marbot
4
She is the prime mover in all the charitable movements at the Madeleine.
Bel Ami; Or, The History of a Scoundrel: A Novel
5
He was prime mover in the May games, and the feast of fools.
Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1
6
It was a little conspiracy, with Helen as the prime mover in it.
The Imaginary Marriage
7
Elsewhere, he conceives God as pure energy; a prime mover unmoved.
The Necessity of Atheism
8
Marie de Medici, the Regent, was the prime mover of intrigues.
Heroes of Modern Europe
9
He seems to be the prime mover here, whoever he is.'
61 hours
10
A divorce case, in fact, of which you are the origin, the prime mover.
The sealed letter
11
The prime mover had not yet been brought to justice.
The Irish Times
12
And remember housing, perhaps the prime mover in all of this, is still falling.
Reuters
13
The Jew was the prime mover in all this cabling.
A Master of Fortune: Being Further Adventures of Captain Kettle
14
Love was the prime mover in the universe, Aenea had once said to me.
The Hyperion Cantos
15
More particularly, the U.S. tends to be the prime mover.
Reuters
16
Paul had been a prime mover in the plot which had destroyed my brother.
Julian
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Prime mover through the time
Prime mover across language varieties
Ireland
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United Kingdom
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United States of America
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