[どうろう, dourou] (n) National Railway Motive Power Union [Add to Longdo]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Motive \Mo"tive\, a.
Causing motion; having power to move, or tending to move; as,
a motive argument; motive power. "Motive faculty." --Bp.
Wilkins.
[1913 Webster]
{Motive power} (Mach.), a natural agent, as water, steam,
wind, electricity, etc., used to impart motion to
machinery; a motor; a mover.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
motive power
n 1: the power or ability to move [syn: {locomotion}, {motive
power}, {motivity}]
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