Motor
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Types of motors include:
- Electric motor, a machine that converts electricity into a mechanical motion
- Thermodynamic motor or heat engine, a machine that converts heat into mechanical motion
- Molecular motors, the essential agents of movement in living organisms
- Pneumatic motor, a machine that converts the energy of compressed air into mechanical motion
- Hydraulic motor a machine that converts the energy of pressurized liquid flow into mechanical motion.
- Synthetic molecular motors or nanomotors
Motor may also refer to:
- an engine
- Motor car or automobile
- Motor vehicle
- Motorcycle — a term used by police officers to refer to their official duty motorcycles
- Motor system, the physiological system that is responsible for physical movement
- Motor neuron, neurons that originate in the spinal cord and synapse with muscle fibers
- Motor skill, the ability of an organism to use the motor system effectively
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