motivity

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The name motivity of a system was proposed by Lord Kelvin in 1879 for this conception of available energy.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various

The whole useful work obtained in this way was called by Thomson the motivity of the system.

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

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

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

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