prime mover

Betekenis (Engels)

1. The initial agent that is the cause of all things.
2. A machine, such as a water wheel or steam engine, that receives and modifies energy as supplied by some natural source or fuel and transforms it into mechanical work
3. The front part of a semi-trailer type truck, i.e., the tractor to which the trailer part attaches.
4. (US) A military or heavy construction vehicle.
5. A person or thing that is seminal and influential.

Sinonieme

primum mobile

tractor

🚜

first cause

tow truck

agonist

spur

traction engine

moving spirit

truck tractor

tractor truck

towing vehicle

draw machine

tow tractor

propelling machine

towing tug

train tractor

dragger

driving force

hauling engine

mastermind

Vertalings

Antriebsmaschine

promotore

Hefe

Agonist

mitwirkender Muskel

Kraftmaschine

πρωτοστάτης

locomotive

machine motrice

agoniste

exerçant l’action principalev

motore

agonista

stimolante

primo motore

Etimologie (Engels)

Originally in translation of Latin primum mobile.