Prime mover

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Prime mover may refer to:

Philosophy

  • Unmoved mover, a concept in Aristotle's writings

Engineering

  • Prime mover (engine or motor), a machine that converts various other forms of energy (chemical, electrical, fluid pressure/flow, etc.) into energy of movement
  • Prime mover (locomotive), one of the several types of power plants used in locomotives to provide traction power
  • Prime mover (tractor unit), a heavy-duty towing engine that provides motive power for hauling a towed or trailered load

Anatomy

  • Prime mover, another name for an agonist muscle

Entertainment

  • Prime Mover (film), a 2009 Australian romantic crime film
  • Prime Mover (comics), a fictional character in the Marvel Universe
  • Prime Mover, a video game published by Psygnosis in 1993
  • "The Prime Mover", a 1961 episode of The Twilight Zone
  • The Prime Movers, a quasi-omniscient race of alien superbeings in the Buck Godot comic series by Phil Foglio

Music

  • Prime Mover (album), a 1988 album by the Christian Rock band AD
  • The Prime Movers (Michigan band), a 1960s band featuring a pre-Stooges Iggy Pop
  • The Prime Movers (Los Angeles band), a predecessor band of Dread Zeppelin
  • Prime Movers (Slim Dusty album), a 2016 compilation by Slim Dusty
  • "Prime Mover", a 1983 single by Leather Nun
  • "Prime Mover", a 1987 single by Zodiac Mindwarp
  • "Prime Mover", a song on Rush's 1987 album Hold Your Fire
  • "Prime Mover", a song on Ghost's 2010 album Opus Eponymous
  • "Prime Mover", a 2012 album by German trance producer Alex M.O.R.P.H.
  • "Prime Movers", a song on Covenant's 2013 album Leaving Babylon
  • The Prime Movers, a band of former members of The Prisoners

See also

  • First mover (disambiguation)
  • All pages with titles containing prime mover
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