the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. The power of moving or producing motion.
n. The quality of being influenced by motives.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. The power of moving; form of motion or locomotion.
n. In thermodynamics, a term proposed by Lord Kelvin for the available energy of a system.
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n. the power or ability to move
Word Usage
"It is the mind in which this historical principle, this motivity which is not reason, is brought in contact with the opposing and controlling element as it had not been before."