motive power in English

noun
1
the energy (in the form of steam, electricity, etc.) used to drive machinery.
The alternative choice of steam or electricity motive power would still have created serious, albeit different, environmental problems today.
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1. Active tooling units are devices for applying motive power, process energy or sensing to a workpiece

2. ‘Active tooling units’ are devices for applying motive power, process energy or sensing to a work piece.

3. The abrasive tool may be hand operated, or operated by electric power, air power, or other motive power.

4. “Active tooling units” are devices for applying motive power, process energy or sensing to a work piece.

5. The air compressor (3) is driven by the steam engine (2) which generates motive power using the steam.

6. A chariot is a type of carriage driven by a Charioteer, usually using horses to provide rapid motive power

7. It can be divided up into several discrete periods defined by the principal means of track material and motive power used.

8. The camel , in India , is extensively used for all sorts of work , such as riding , carrying loads , ploughing land , thrashing grains , driving carts and supplying motive power to Persian water - wheels or to sugar - cane and oilseed crushing mills .

9. Riley, “The London-Birmingham services - Past, Present and Future”, in Trains Illustrated, page 99: Camden motive power depot has been much Criticised for its emission of smoke in a residential neighbourhood and its complete dieselisation is rapidly taking place