motor control | control of muscles |
wire-haired fox terrier | a fox terrier with wiry hair |
wirehair wirehaired terrier wire-haired terrier | a terrier with wiry hair |
griffon wire-haired pointing griffon | breed of medium-sized long-headed dogs with downy undercoat and harsh wiry outer coat, originated in Holland but largely developed in France |
automobile horn car horn motor horn horn hooter | a device on an automobile for making a warning noise |
baling wire | wire used to make bales |
barbed wire barbwire | strong wire with barbs at regular intervals used to prevent passage |
camper camping bus motor home | a recreational vehicle equipped for camping out while traveling |
chicken wire | a galvanized wire network with a hexagonal mesh, used to build fences |
cross hair cross wire | either of two fine mutually perpendicular lines that cross in the focus plane of an optical instrument and are use for sighting or calibration, he had the target in his cross hairs |
diesel diesel engine diesel motor | an internalombustion engine that burns heavy oil |
electric motor | a motor that converts electricity to mechanical work |
guy guy cable guy wire guy rope | a cable, wire, or rope that is used to brace something (especially a tent) |
high wire | a tightrope very high above the ground |
motor | machine that converts other forms of energy into mechanical energy and so imparts motion |
motor hotel motor inn motor lodge tourist court court | a hotel for motorists, provides direct access from rooms to parking area |
motor scooter scooter | a wheeled vehicle with small wheels and a low-powered gasoline engine geared to the rear wheel |
motor vehicle automotive vehicle | a self-propelled wheeled vehicle that does not run on rails |
outboard motor outboard | internalombustion engine that mounts at stern of small boat |
piano wire | thin steel wire of high tensile strength |
power mower motor mower | a lawn mower powered by a gasoline motor |
PT boat mosquito boat mosquito craft motor torpedo boat | a small fast unarmored and lightly armed torpedo boat, P(atrol) T(orpedo) boat |
starter starter motor starting motor | an electric motor for starting an engine |
stepper stepping motor | a motor (especially an electric motor) that moves or rotates in small discrete steps |
synchronous motor | electric motor in which the speed of rotation is proportional to the frequency of the A.C. power |
telephone wire telephone line telegraph wire telegraph line | the wire that carries telegraph and telephone signals |
trip wire | a wire stretched close to the ground that activates something (a trap or camera or weapon) when tripped over |
wiper motor | electric motor that moves the windshield wiper |
wire | ligament made of metal and used to fasten things or make cages or fences etc |
wire conducting wire | a metal conductor that carries electricity over a distance |
wire cloth | fabric woven of metallic wire |
wire cutter | an edge tool used in cutting wire |
wire gauge wire gage | gauge for measuring the diameter of wire |
wire matrix printer wire printer stylus printer | an impact printer in which each character is represented by a pattern of dots made by wires or styli |
wire recorder | an early type of magnetic recorder using iron wire |
wire stripper | a hand tool used by electricians to remove insulation from the cut end of an insulated wire |
end-plate endplate motor end plate | the flattened end of a motor neuron that transmits neural impulses to a muscle |
motor neuron efferent neuron motor nerve fiber motoneuron | a neuron conducting impulses outwards from the brain or spinal cord |
motor nerve efferent nerve efferent | a nerve that conveys impulses toward or to muscles or glands |
motor fiber efferent fiber | a nerve fiber that carries impulses toward the muscles or glands |
motor area motor region motor cortex Rolando's area excitable area | the cortical area that influences motor movements |
pyramidal tract pyramidal motor system corticospinal tract | any of the important motor nerves on each side of the central nervous system that run from the sensorimotor areas of the cortex through the brainstem to motor neurons of the cranial nerve nuclei and the ventral root of the spinal cord |
motor memory muscle memory | your memory for motor skills |
telegram wire | a message transmitted by telegraph |
trip wire | a small military force that serves as a first line of defense, if they become engaged in hostilities it will trigger the intervention of stronger military forces |
motor pool | a fleet of military vehicles controlled by a single agency and available for use as needed |
news agency press agency wire service press association news organization news organisation | an agency to collects news reports for newspapers and distributes it electronically |
wire | the finishing line on a racetrack |
Detroit Motor City Motown | the largest city in Michigan and a major Great Lakes port, center of the United States automobile industry, located in southeastern Michigan on the Detroit river across from Windsor |
motor | a nonspecific agent that imparts motion, happiness is the aim of all men and the motor of all action |