motive power
Noun
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Noun
motive power (uncountable)
- (sometimes, figurative) The power that enables something to move. topics en
- Using electricity as motive power for railroads will do away with fuel trains, tenders, coal handling, water, and all that.
- (rail, collectively) The locomotives that operate on a railway.
- Italian: forza motrice
- Spanish: fuerza motriz
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