motivity

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They were appealing to a fictitious motivity, one not grounded in "the nature of things."

From The Approach to Philosophy by Perry, Ralph Barton

Thus, if only the two bodies are available for engines to work between, the motivity is the measure of the energy lost when conduction brings about equalisation of temperature.

From Lord Kelvin An account of his scientific life and work by Gray, Andrew

It carries in its hand, gathered into the simplicity of the causes that are not many, the secret of all motivity, the secret of all practice.

From The Philosophy of the Plays of Shakspere Unfolded by Bacon, Delia

The single passion cannot engross the large, many-passioned, complex nature, so rich and various in motivity, so large and comprehensive in its surveys—the single passion seeks in vain to subdue it to its single end.

From The Philosophy of the Plays of Shakspere Unfolded by Bacon, Delia

Another idea, that of thermodynamic motivity, on which Thomson suggested might be founded a fruitful presentation of the subject of thermodynamics, may be mentioned here.

From Lord Kelvin An account of his scientific life and work by Gray, Andrew