Prime mover
Encyclopedia
Prime mover may refer to:
- A machine that transforms energy from thermal, electrical or pressure form to mechanical form, typically an engineEngineAn engine or motor is a machine designed to convert energy into useful mechanical motion. Heat engines, including internal combustion engines and external combustion engines burn a fuel to create heat which is then used to create motion...
or turbine
Philosophy and theology
- The prime mover, primum movensPrimum movensPrimum movens , usually referred to as the Prime mover or first cause in English, is a term used in the philosophy of Aristotle, in the theological cosmological argument for the existence of God, and in cosmogony, the source of the cosmos or "all-being".-Aristotle's ontology:In book 12 of his...
, an unmoved moverUnmoved moverThe unmoved mover is a philosophical concept described by Aristotle as a primary cause or "mover" of all the motion in the universe. As is implicit in the name, the "unmoved mover" is not moved by any prior action...
in the philosophy of Aristotle, later used by Saint Thomas Aquinas in his cosmological arguments, as a "first cause" of existence
Haulage
- Tractor unitTractor unitA tractor unit, prime mover , road tractor, or traction unit is a heavy-duty commercial vehicle within the large goods vehicle category, usually with a large displacement diesel engine, and several axles. The tractor unit serves as a method of moving trailers...
, a vehicle that provides the motive power to haul a load, as in:- Semi-trailer truckSemi-trailer truckA semi-trailer truck, also known as a semi, tractor-trailer, or articulated truck or articulated lorry, is an articulated vehicle consisting of a towing engine , and a semi-trailer A semi-trailer truck, also known as a semi, tractor-trailer, or (in the United Kingdom and Ireland) articulated truck...
in Australian English - Ballast tractorBallast tractorA ballast tractor is a heavy haulage road vehicle designed to pull or push heavy or exceptionally large loads. Unlike the tractor unit from an articulated trailer, the ballast tractor is designed or adapted to pull or push loads from a drawbar...
, a heavy haulage road vehicle designed to pull or push heavy or exceptionally large loads - Artillery tractorArtillery tractorArtillery tractor is a kind of tractor, also referred to as a gun tractor, a vehicle used to tow artillery pieces of varying weights.-Traction:...
, a military vehicle hauling an artillery piece - Steam tractorSteam tractorA steam tractor is a vehicle powered by a steam engine which is used for pulling.In North America, the term steam tractor usually refers to a type of agricultural tractor powered by a steam engine, used extensively in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.In Great Britain, the term steam tractor...
, a vehicle powered by a steam engine which is used for pulling - TractorTractorA tractor is a vehicle specifically designed to deliver a high tractive effort at slow speeds, for the purposes of hauling a trailer or machinery used in agriculture or construction...
, a vehicle specifically designed to deliver a high tractive effort (or torque) at slow speeds
- Semi-trailer truck
Entertainment
- Prime Mover (film)Prime Mover (film)Prime Mover is a 2009 Australian/British comedy-crime love story which stars Michael Dorman, Emily Barclay, Ben Mendelsohn, Gyton Grantley, William McInnes, Anthony Hayes and Andrew S. Gilbert...
, a 2009 Australian romantic crime film set in Dubbo - An episode of The Twilight Zone, "The Prime MoverThe Prime Mover"The Prime Mover" is an episode of the American television anthology series The Twilight Zone.-Synopsis:Ace Larsen discovers his partner, Jimbo Cobb, has telekinetic powers after a car crashes outside their café. Ace plans to use those powers to win big in Las Vegas, and he takes his girlfriend...
" - Prime Mover, the 1987 hit single from Zodiac MindwarpZodiac Mindwarp-Overview:The band is the brainchild of Mark Manning, a graphic artist and editor of London's Flexipop magazine. Deciding to experience the debauchery of life as a decadent rock star, he assumed the alter ego, Zodiac Mindwarp, and formed the Love Reaction in the mid 1980s together with guitarist...
- Prime Mover, the title of a song on Rush's 1987 album Hold Your FireHold Your FireHold Your Fire is the 12th studio album by the Canadian rock band Rush, released in the fall of 1987 . The album was recorded at The Manor Studio in Oxfordshire, Ridge Farm Studio in Surrey, Air Studios in Montserrat and at McClear Place in Toronto.Rush continued to explore new songwriting...
- Prime Mover, the title of a 1988 album from the band Kerry LivgrenKerry LivgrenKerry Allen Livgren is an American musician and songwriter, best known as one of the founding members and primary songwriters for the 1970s progressive rock band, Kansas.-Biography:...
- Prime Mover (videogame), a videogame published by Psygnosis in 1993
- The Prime Movers, a quasi-omniscient race of alien superbeings in the Buck GodotBuck GodotBuck Godot is the title character in a science fiction/comedy comic book series collected in two volumes and assorted comic books, including the eight-issue "Gallimaufry" series, all written and drawn by their creator, Phil Foglio.-Overview:Buck's adventures take place in a future where a...
comic series by Phil Foglio - The Prime Movers (Michigan band), a 60's band featuring a pre-Stooges Iggy Pop
- The Prime Movers (Los Angeles band), a predecessor band of Dread Zeppelin
- The Prime Movers (British band), a band founded by Graham Day of The PrisonersThe PrisonersThe Prisoners were a band who formed in 1980 in Rochester, Kent, England. Their 1960s garage sound made them a regular live fixture in London's underground "psychedelic revival" and "mod revival" scene of the early 1980s. They often toured with The Milkshakes, who included Billy Childish on guitar...
- Prime Mover (comics)Prime Mover (comics)Prime Mover is a fictional character in the Marvel Universe.The Prime Mover is a robot employed by Doctor Doom; Doom may or may not have created the robot...
, a fictional character in the Marvel Universe