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41motor control — [1] Device to start and/or stop a motor or hermetic motor compressor at certain temperature or pressure conditions. [2] Temperature or pressure operated device used to control running of motor …
42Motor Bob — The Motor Bob was an American cyclecar manufactured in Buffalo, New York, only in 1914. A single cylinder, 2½hp vehicle, it was sold for home assembly by boys from 12 to 15 . References David Burgess Wise, The New Illustrated Encyclopedia of… …
43start\ up — v 1. To begin operating, The driver started up the motor of the car. The engine started up with a roar. 2. To begin to play (music). The conductor waved his baton, and the band started up. The orchestra started up a waltz. Compare: strike up 3.… …
44jump-start — 1. verb a) To start a motor vehicle by passing an electrical current from a charged battery to the discharged battery of the vehicle being started, by means of a booster cable connecting the two batteries. Giving a really good speech at the… …
45kick-start — n. & v. n. (also kick starter) a device to start the engine of a motor cycle etc. by the downward thrust of a pedal. v.tr. start (a motor cycle etc.) in this way …
46kick-start — [kik′stärt΄] vt. 1. to start (a motor, motorcycle, etc.) by means of a lever attached to a pedal that one pushes sharply downward with the foot 2. Informal to start, energize, revive, etc …
47jump-start — /ˈdʒʌmp stat/ (say jump staht) verb (t) 1. → clutch start (def. 1). 2. to start (a motor vehicle) by connecting its battery by means of jumper leads to the battery of another vehicle. 3. to give (a project, organisation, etc.) a powerful start by …
48push-start — pushˈ start transitive verb To start (a motor car) by pushing it while it is in gear noun The act of starting a car in this way • • • Main Entry: ↑push …
49push-start — verb To start a motor car by pushing it (in neutral) and engaging a gear when it has sufficient velocity …
50push-start — verb start (a motor vehicle) by pushing it in order to make the engine turn. noun an act of push starting …
