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motory, a.|ˈməʊtərɪ|
[ad. late L. mōtōri-us, f. mōtor: see motor.]
1. Phys. = motor a. 2, 3.
1691Ray Creation ii. (1692) 58 The motory Muscles. 1763Johnstone in Phil. Trans. LIV. 184 These nerves are equally motory and sensory. 1865Q. Jrnl. Sci. II. 137 Some peculiar motory phenomena not heretofore observed in the Sponges. 1885J. Martineau Types Eth. Th. I. 138 The sensory and motory nerves.
2. gen. That causes motion. Cf. motor a. 1.
1799Sir H. Davy in Beddoes Contrib. Phys. & Med. Knowl. 23 The effect of a peculiar motory or vibratory impulse. 1817Coleridge Biog. Lit. I. xiii. 288 A motory force of a body in one direction and an equal force of the same body in an opposite direction is not incompatible. |