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{{wiktionary|prime mover|prime movers}} | {{wiktionary|prime mover|prime movers}} | ||
'''Prime mover''' may refer to: | '''Prime mover''' may refer to: | ||
* A machine that transforms energy from/to thermal, electrical or pressure to/from mechanical form, typically an ] or turbine | * A machine that transforms energy from/to thermal, electrical or pressure form to/from mechanical form, typically an ] or turbine | ||
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Prime mover may refer to:
- A machine that transforms energy from/to thermal, electrical or pressure form to/from mechanical form, typically an engine or turbine
Philosophy and theology
- The prime mover, primum movens, an unmoved mover in the philosophy of Aristotle, later used by Thomas Aquinas in his cosmological arguments, as a "first cause" of existence
Railways
- Prime mover (locomotive), a component of a locomotive
Haulage
- Tractor unit or towing engine, a vehicle that provides the motive power to haul a load, as in:
- Semi-trailer truck in Australian English
- Ballast tractor, a heavy haulage road vehicle designed to pull or push heavy or exceptionally large loads
- Artillery tractor, a military vehicle hauling an artillery piece
- Steam tractor, a vehicle powered by a steam engine which is used for pulling
- Tractor, a vehicle specifically designed to deliver a high tractive effort (or torque) at slow speeds
Entertainment
- Prime Mover (film), a 2009 Australian romantic crime film set in Dubbo
- "The Prime Mover", an episode of The Twilight Zone
- "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 (album), a 1988 album from AD featuring Kerry Livgren
- "Prime Mover", the title of a song on Ghost's 2010 album Opus Eponymous
- 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
- The Prime Movers (Michigan band), a '60s band featuring a pre-Stooges Iggy Pop
- The Prime Movers (Los Angeles band), a predecessor band of Dread Zeppelin
- The Prime Movers, a band founded by Graham Day of The Prisoners
- Prime Mover (comics), a fictional character in the Marvel Universe
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