In the preceding senses, with various defining attributes.
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| 释义 | the world > existence and causation > causation > [noun] > primary or first cause (11) First Cause1393 In the preceding senses, with various defining attributes. primum mobile1548 gen. An initial or original cause of activity; the most important source of energy, motion, or action; a driving force, prime mover, mainspring. Cf. p… movera1550 In full first mover. The outermost of the concentric spheres in Aristotelian cosmology, which transmitted its motion to those spheres below it that… impulsive causea1575 Impelling or determining to action. impulsive cause (frequently in 17th cent., now rare), originating or primary cause. primus motor1579 The original source of motion or action; the cause, instigator, prime mover; = primum mobile, n. beginning1587 A first cause, first principle. Obsolete. first mobile1645 In full first mobile. In the medieval version of the Ptolemaic system: the outermost of the concentric spheres supposed to revolve around the… causa causans1659 Occasionally used in English, esp. in the phrases causa causans a causing cause, i.e. a primary or original cause; causa causata a caused cause, a… first mover1711 More fully first mover. An initial source (natural or mechanical) of activity, esp. movement; spec. a mechanism which converts energy from a… prime mover1795 An initial source of energy or activity; spec. a machine which converts a natural source of energy into mechanical energy. leader1805 Machinery. (See quots.) |
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