dictionary definitions for "moving force"


From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Moving \Mov"ing\, a.
     1. Changing place or posture; causing motion or action; as, a
        moving car, or power.
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     2. Exciting movement of the mind or feelings; adapted to move
        the sympathies, passions, or affections; touching;
        pathetic; as, a moving appeal.
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              I sang an old moving story.           --Coleridge.
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     Moving force (Mech.), a force that accelerates, retards, or
        deflects the motion of a body.
  
     Moving plant (Bot.), a leguminous plant ({Desmodium
        gyrans}); -- so called because its leaflets have a
        distinct automatic motion.
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