2 Results for primum mobile
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Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)
| Primum mobile | ‖ [ L., first cause of motion. ] (Astron.) In the Ptolemaic system, the outermost of the revolving concentric spheres constituting the universe, the motion of which was supposed to carry with it all the inclosed spheres with their planets in a daily revolution from east to west. See The motions of the greatest persons in a government ought to be, as the motions of the planets, under primum mobile. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ] |
WordNet (3.0)
| first cause | (n) an agent that is the cause of all things but does not itself have a cause, Syn. primum mobile, prime mover, Example: God is the first cause |
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