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ˈpower-drive, n.
[f. power n.1 + drive n.]
1. (Equipment for) the driving of machinery by mechanical or electrical power. Also fig.
1952B. Ulanov Hist. Jazz in Amer. (1958) xvii. 203 Lionel Hampton..added..a power-drive on vibes and drums all his own. 1960Farmer & Stockbreeder 15 Mar. (Suppl.) 13 The rugged, reliable AEI ‘Stayrite’ Single⁓phase power-drive has been specifically developed for arduous farming applications. 1971P. J. McMahon Aircraft Propulsion iii. 78 The normal transmission efficiency of a power drive is expressed as the ratio of power output to power input.
2. The impulse to exercise power.
1954R. F. C. Hull tr. Jung's Pract. of Psychotherapy in Coll. Wks. XVI. i. 19 The first corresponds to Freud's pleasure principle, the second to Adler's power-drive, the desire to be on top. 1964Gould & Kolb Dict. Social Sci. 483/1 Some modern definitions stress the fact of the power drive of parties. 1969J. Mander Static Society vi. 180 The power-drive implied in this process is an ugly thing. 1979J. Sherwood Hour of Hyenas ii. 23 You are very striking-looking, but..my power drive is far stronger nowadays than my sex drive. |