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motive power
noun as in moving power
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If a kite would give motive power to a man skating, why not use a more up-to-date air-power scheme on the ice?
Tug service for sailing ships or vessels without motive power is at the rate of $15 per hour.
I'll give you six months in which to make good as a model superintendent of motive power.
He saw that the motive power which would carry itself forward and drag repeal with it, was in the land.
The motive power was a tackle attached to trees, which was worked by men, from fourteen to twenty of whom were employed upon it.
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On this page you'll find 8 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to motive power, such as: driving force, electromotive force, kinetic energy, locomotion, means of propulsion, and motivity.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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