motivity
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It is the mind in which this historical principle, this motivity which is not reason, is brought in contact with the opposing and controlling element as it had not been before.
From The Philosophy of the Plays of Shakspere Unfolded by Delia Bacon
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 Andrew Gray
Is it connected with the phenomena of exteriorization of sensitivity or motivity?
From The Problems of Psychical Research Experiments and Theories in the Realm of the Supernormal by Hereward Carrington
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
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 Andrew Gray
