Usually means: Initial force that drives motion.
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We found 32 dictionaries that define the word prime mover:

General (18 matching dictionaries)
  1. prime mover: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. prime mover: Merriam-Webster
  3. prime mover: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. prime mover: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. prime mover, the Prime Mover: Collins English Dictionary
  6. prime mover: Vocabulary.com
  7. prime mover: Wordnik
  8. prime mover: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. prime mover: Wiktionary
  10. prime mover: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. prime mover: Dictionary.com
  12. Prime Mover (album), Prime Mover (comics), Prime Mover (film), Prime mover (disambiguation), Prime mover (engine), Prime mover (locomotive), Prime mover (tractor unit), Prime mover, The Prime Mover: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. prime mover: Rhymezone
  14. prime mover: FreeDictionary.org
  15. prime mover: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. prime mover: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. prime mover: Legal dictionary
  2. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. prime mover: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. prime mover: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. prime mover: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. prime mover: Idioms

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Archaeology Wordsmith (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Prime Mover: Urban Dictionary

Tech (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  2. DOD Dictionary of Military Terms (No longer online)
  3. Schlumberger Oilfield Glossary (No longer online)
  4. Glossary of Energy Terms (No longer online)
  5. PRIME MOVER: Power Engineering

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Definitions from Wiktionary (prime mover)

noun:  (philosophy) The initial agent that is the cause of all things.
noun:  A machine, such as a water wheel or steam engine, that receives and modifies energy as supplied by some natural source or fuel and transforms it into mechanical work
noun:  (automotive) The front part of a semi-trailer type truck, i.e., the tractor to which the trailer part attaches.
noun:  (US) A military or heavy construction vehicle.
noun:  A person or thing that is seminal and influential.

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