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Noun motive power has 1 sense

• motive power(n = noun.attribute) locomotion, motivity - the power or ability to move; Array
is a kind of mobility

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motive power

activator, animator, appliance, arouser, bunt, butt, clout, compulsion, convenience, drive, driving force, energizer, engine, enginery, facility, fixture, human dynamo, impellent, impelling force, impetus, impulse, impulsion, incentive, incitement, irresistible force, life, locomotion, machine, machinery, mechanical aid, mechanical device, mechanism, mobility, moment, momentum, motility, motivating force, motivity, motor, movableness, power, power plant, power source, propelling, propelment, propulsion, pulsion, push, pushing, restorative, shove, shoving, shunt, spark plug, stimulant, stimulator, stimulus, thrust, tonic, utility

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Motion

N motion, movement, move, going, unrest, stream, flow, flux, run, course, stir, evolution, kinematics, telekinesis, step, rate, pace, tread, stride, gait, port, footfall, cadence, carriage, velocity, angular velocity, clip, progress, locomotion, journey, voyage, transit, restlessness, mobility, movableness, motive power, laws of motion, mobilization, moving, in motion, transitional, motory, motive, shifting, movable, mobile, mercurial, unquiet, restless, nomadic, erratic, under way, on the move, on the wing, on the tramp, on the march, eppur si muove, es bildet ein Talent sich in der Stille, sich ein Charakter in dem Strom der Welt.

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