motivity
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of motivity
Example Sentences
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The single passion cannot engross the large, many-passioned, complex nature, so rich and various in motivity, so large and comprehensive in its surveys—the single passion seeks in vain to subdue it to its single end.
From The Philosophy of the Plays of Shakspere Unfolded by Delia Bacon
The name motivity of a system was proposed by Lord Kelvin in 1879 for this conception of available energy.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various
They were appealing to a fictitious motivity, one not grounded in "the nature of things."
From The Approach to Philosophy by Ralph Barton Perry
Thus, if only the two bodies are available for engines to work between, the motivity is the measure of the energy lost when conduction brings about equalisation of temperature.
From Lord Kelvin An account of his scientific life and work by Andrew Gray
It carries in its hand, gathered into the simplicity of the causes that are not many, the secret of all motivity, the secret of all practice.
From The Philosophy of the Plays of Shakspere Unfolded by Delia Bacon
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