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View synonyms for motivity

motivity

[ moh-tiv-i-tee ]

noun

  1. the power of initiating or producing motion.


motivity

/ məʊˈtɪvɪtɪ /

noun

  1. the power of moving or of initiating motion
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Word History and Origins

Origin of motivity1

First recorded in 1680–90; motive + -ity
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Example Sentences

Another idea, that of thermodynamic motivity, on which Thomson suggested might be founded a fruitful presentation of the subject of thermodynamics, may be mentioned here.

The name motivity of a system was proposed by Lord Kelvin in 1879 for this conception of available energy.

They were appealing to a fictitious motivity, one not grounded in "the nature of things."

Is it connected with the phenomena of exteriorization of sensitivity or motivity?

Here also seemed to be an unconscious corroboration of Albert de Rochas's experiments in the "externalization of motivity," as he calls it.

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