Usually means: Machines that convert energy sources.
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We found 12 dictionaries that define the word prime movers:

General (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. prime movers: Merriam-Webster
  2. prime movers: Collins English Dictionary
  3. prime movers: Vocabulary.com
  4. prime movers: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. prime movers: Wiktionary
  6. The Prime Movers (Los Angeles band), The Prime Movers (Michigan band): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. Prime Movers: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Prime Movers: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Prime Movers: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. prime movers: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Prime Movers: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Prime Movers: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (prime mover)

noun:  (philosophy) The initial agent that is the cause of all things.
noun:  A machine, such as a water wheel or steam engine, that receives and modifies energy as supplied by some natural source or fuel and transforms it into mechanical work
noun:  (automotive) The front part of a semi-trailer type truck, i.e., the tractor to which the trailer part attaches.
noun:  (US) A military or heavy construction vehicle.
noun:  A person or thing that is seminal and influential.
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