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- Dictionarymotor/ˈməʊtə/
noun
- 1. a machine, especially one powered by electricity or internal combustion, that supplies motive power for a vehicle or for another device with moving parts: "these electric motors are highly reliable"
- 2. a car: informal British "we drove out in my motor"
adjective
- 1. driven by a motor: British "a motor van"
- 2. giving or producing motion or action: "demand is the principle motor force governing economic activity"
verb
- 1. travel in a motor vehicle: "they motored north up the M6"
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MOTOR definition: 1. a device that changes electricity or fuel into movement and makes a machine work: 2. a car: 3…. Learn more.
1. : one that imparts motion. specifically : prime mover. 2. : any of various power units that develop energy or impart motion: such as. a. : a small compact engine. b. : internal combustion engine. especially : a gasoline engine. c. : a rotating machine that transforms electrical energy into mechanical energy. 3. : motor vehicle.
n. 1. Something, such as a machine or an engine, that produces or imparts motion. 2. A device that converts any form of energy into mechanical energy, especially an internal-combustion engine or an arrangement of coils and magnets that converts electric current into mechanical power. 3.
a device that changes electricity or fuel into movement and makes a machine work: The pump is powered by a small electric motor. Our washing machine needs a new motor. mainly US A car stood by the curb, its motor (= engine) running. Compare. engine. Fewer examples. I took the motor apart to see how it worked.
Motor definition: a comparatively small and powerful engine, especially an internal-combustion engine in an automobile, motorboat, or the like.. See examples of MOTOR used in a sentence.
A motor runs your car, whizzes the blender and gets your golf cart going: it's simply a machine that converts energy into motion. Coming to us from a Latin word that means "to move," motor is certainly connected to the world of motion.
motor. noun. /ˈməʊtə (r)/. /ˈməʊtər/. a device that uses electricity, petrol, etc. to produce movement and makes a machine, a vehicle, a boat, etc. work. An electric motor is used to pump the water. Batteries power the motor. He started the motor. Diesel engines drive six electric motors.
1. countable noun. The motor in a machine, vehicle, or boat is the part that uses electricity or fuel to produce movement, so that the machine, vehicle, or boat can work. She got in and started the motor. Synonyms: engine, machine, mechanism More Synonyms of motor. 2. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
MOTOR definition: 1. the part of a machine or vehicle that changes electricity or fuel into movement and makes it…. Learn more.
Motor definition: Something, such as a machine or an engine, that produces or imparts motion.
