motory

Adjective

motory (not comparable)

1. Causing or setting up motion.
   • The distance the motory end of the lever moves, and the movement of the bowl, are regulated by the length of the slot X, which is adjusted according as it is desired for the bowl to revolve with greater or less speed.1877, Shubael E. Hewes, “185101: Meat-Choppers”, in Specifications and Drawings of Patents Issued from the U.S. Patent Office, page 138
   • Creative motions of a certain quality, compelled to center from many or all possible directions to one point, will express a higher motory reality known as light.1904, Julius Kuhn, Glimpses in to the Moral and Physical Labryrinths of Nature, page 115
2. Relating to organs of motion.
   • On the other hand, the activity of the motory cerebral nerves receives the impulse to voluntary motions from the medulla oblongata.1876, Joseph Jones, Medical and Surgical Memoirs, page 40
   • If the motory apparatus did not possess a memory of its own, images, or residua , no movement could be learned and made habitual.1890, Théodule Ribot, The Psychology of Attention, page 54
3. Pertaining to or associated with a motor.
   • 3.05 Best speed of the motory belt of middle-size benches.1879, P. Kireev, Tables of the principal speeds occurring in mechanical engineering, page 5
   • An automatic motory manufacturing machine made for the special purpose of producing a predeterminate manufacturing operation upon a material held upon a support and then to cease operating thereon, and which comprises means for holding a proper amount of latent motive power while the machine is not...1906, Frank L. Harmon, “814004: Automatic Motory Manufacturing Machine”, in Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office