motor control | control of muscles |
automobile horn car horn motor horn horn hooter | a device on an automobile for making a warning noise |
bicycle bike wheel cycle | a wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals |
camper camping bus motor home | a recreational vehicle equipped for camping out while traveling |
diesel diesel engine diesel motor | an internalombustion engine that burns heavy oil |
electric motor | a motor that converts electricity to mechanical work |
exercise bike exercycle | an exercise device resembling a stationary bike |
motor | machine that converts other forms of energy into mechanical energy and so imparts motion |
motorcycle bike | a motor vehicle with two wheels and a strong frame |
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 |
mountain bike all-terrain bike offoader | a bicycle with a sturdy frame and fat tires, originally designed for riding in mountainous country |
outboard motor outboard | internalombustion engine that mounts at stern of small boat |
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 |
push-bike | a bicycle that must be pedaled |
safety bicycle safety bike | bicycle that has two wheels of equal size, pedals are connected to the rear wheel by a multiplying gear |
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 |
trail bike dirt bike scrambler | a lightweight motorcycle equipped with rugged tires and suspension, an offoad motorcycle designed for riding cross country or over unpaved ground |
wiper motor | electric motor that moves the windshield wiper |
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 |
motor pool | a fleet of military vehicles controlled by a single agency and available for use as needed |
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 |
ataxia ataxy dyssynergia motor ataxia | inability to coordinate voluntary muscle movements, unsteady movements and staggering gait |
motor aphasia Broca's aphasia ataxic aphasia expressive aphasia nonfluent aphasia | aphasia in which expression by speech or writing is severely impaired |
Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy | a form of neuropathy that can begin between childhood and young adulthood, characterized by weakness and atrophy of the muscles of the hands and lower legs, progression is slow and individuals affected can have a normal life span, inheritance is X-linked recessive or X-linked dominant |
motor oil | oil used to lubricate the moving parts of a motor |
drive motor | travel or be transported in a vehicle, We drove to the university every morning, They motored to London for the theater |
bicycle cycle bike pedal wheel | ride a bicycle |
motive(a) motor | causing or able to cause motion, a motive force, motive power, motor energy |
centrifugal motor(a) | conveying information to the muscles from the CNS, motor nerves |
motor-assisted | relying on an engine for propulsion in addition to muscle power, a motor-assisted bicycle |