Contextualizebeta

locomotive

noun
/ˌləʊkəˈməʊtɪv/UK/ˌloʊkəˈmoʊtɪv/US

Etymology

From French locomotif, from Latin locō (literally “from a place”) (ablative of locus (“place”)) + Vulgar Latin mōtivus (“moving”) (see motive). In the rail transport sense, ellipsis of locomotive (steam) engine, attested from 1814.

  1. derived from mōtivus — “moving”
  2. derived from locō
  3. derived from locomotif

Definitions

  1. The power unit of a train that pulls the coaches or wagons.

    • As on all other British Railways standard locomotives to date, the lubrication of motion pins and reversing gear is by grease nipple and gun.

  2. A traction engine.

  3. A cheer characterized by a slow beginning and a progressive increase in speed.

  4. ›+ 5 more definitions

    1. Any of various early road vehicles, steam-powered, etc., forerunners of the modern car.

    2. A country which drives the world economy by having a high level of imports, such as the…

      A country which drives the world economy by having a high level of imports, such as the United States.

    3. Of or relating to locomotion.

    4. Of or relating to the power unit of a train which does not carry passengers or freight…

      Of or relating to the power unit of a train which does not carry passengers or freight itself.

    5. Moving, or capable of motion.

      • Pindar seems to imply that these figures were actually locomotive automata.

The neighborhood

Derived

condensing locomotive, crane locomotive, diesel locomotive, electric locomotive, loci, locie, locomotive engineer, locomotiveman, locomotive shed, locomotive syndrome, Meyer locomotive, road locomotive, steam locomotive, tank locomotive, tram locomotive, hyperlocomotive, hypolocomotive, locomotiveness, nonlocomotive, unlocomotive

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at locomotive. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01locomotive02progressive03progress04monarch05monarchy06kingdom07dominant08heterozygote09loci10locie

A definitional loop anchored at locomotive. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at locomotive

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA