Prime mover

Prime mover

Prime mover may mean:

In Theology:
* Prime Mover in the Cosmological argument, as a 'first cause' of existence

In railways:
* Prime mover (locomotive), a component of a locomotive

In haulage:
* Prime mover (tractor unit), a structure that provides the motive power to haul a load, as in:
** A Semi-trailer truck in Australian English
** A Ballast tractor
** A military vehicle hauling an artillery piece

In entertainment:
* An episode of "The Twilight Zone", The Prime Mover
* "Prime Mover", the 1987 hit single from Zodiac Mindwarp
* "Prime Mover", the title of a song on Rush's 1987 album "Hold Your Fire".
* "Prime Mover" (videogame), a videogame published by Psygnosis in 1993
* "The Prime Movers", a quasi-omniscient race of alien superbeings in the Buck Godot comic series by Phil Foglio.


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  • Prime Mover — Éditeur Psygnosis Développeur Interactivision Date de sortie 1993 Genre Course (Moto) Mode de jeu Un joueur Plate f …   Wikipédia en Français

  • prime mover — noun count someone who has a major influence on the starting or development of something: one of the prime movers behind the new museum project …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • prime mover — index aggressor, architect, author (originator), determinant, promoter, protagonist, reason (basis) …   Law dictionary

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  • prime mover — *origin, source, provenance, provenience, inception, root …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • prime mover — n. 1. a) the original force in a series of transmissions of force b) any initiating or principal force 2. any natural force applied by people to produce power, as muscular energy or flowing water 3. a machine, as a turbine, that converts a… …   English World dictionary

  • prime mover — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms prime mover : singular prime mover plural prime movers someone who has a major influence on the starting or development of something one of the prime movers behind the new museum project …   English dictionary

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