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Meaning of "primum mobile" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PRIMUM MOBILE

From Medieval Latin: first moving (thing).
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PRONUNCIATION OF PRIMUM MOBILE

primum mobile  [ˈpraɪmʊm ˈməʊbɪlɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PRIMUM MOBILE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Primum mobile is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PRIMUM MOBILE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Primum Mobile

In classical, medieval and Renaissance astronomy, the Primum Mobile, or "first moved," was the outermost moving sphere in the geocentric model of the universe. The concept was introduced by Ptolemy to account for the apparent daily movement of the heavens around the Earth, producing the east-to-west rising and setting of the sun and stars, and reached Western Europe via Avicenna.

Definition of primum mobile in the English dictionary

The definition of primum mobile in the dictionary is a prime mover. Other definition of primum mobile is the outermost empty sphere in the Ptolemaic system that was thought to revolve around the earth from east to west in 24 hours carrying with it the inner spheres of the planets, sun, moon, and fixed stars.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PRIMUM MOBILE


billy
ˈbɪlɪ
cantabile
kænˈtɑːbɪlɪ
chubbily
ˈtʃʌbɪlɪ
clubbily
ˈklʌbɪlɪ
crabbily
ˈkræbɪlɪ
Cybele
ˈsɪbɪlɪ
flabbily
ˈflæbɪlɪ
grubbily
ˈɡrʌbɪlɪ
hillbilly
ˈhɪlˌbɪlɪ
loobily
ˈluːbɪlɪ
memorabile
ˌmɛməˈræbɪlɪ
nobbily
ˈnɒbɪlɪ
psychobilly
ˈsaɪkəˌbɪlɪ
rockabilly
ˈrɒkəˌbɪlɪ
scabbily
ˈskæbɪlɪ
scrubbily
ˈskrʌbɪlɪ
shabbily
ˈʃæbɪlɪ
silly-billy
ˌsɪlɪˈbɪlɪ
snobbily
ˈsnɒbɪlɪ
stubbily
ˈstʌbɪlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PRIMUM MOBILE

primogenitrix
primogeniture
primordia
primordial
primordialism
primordiality
primordially
primordium
primp
primrose
primrose path
primrose yellow
primrosy
primula
primulaceous
primuline
primus
primus inter pares
Primus stove
primy

WORDS THAT END LIKE PRIMUM MOBILE

airmobile
automobile
bile
bloodmobile
bookmobile
Dormobile
downwardly mobile
immobile
mobile
Nobile
nonmobile
piano nobile
pimpmobile
Popemobile
skimobile
snowmobile
stabile
strobile
traymobile
upwardly mobile

Synonyms and antonyms of primum mobile in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «primum mobile» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PRIMUM MOBILE

Find out the translation of primum mobile to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of primum mobile from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «primum mobile» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

原动力移动
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

primum mobile
570 millions of speakers

English

primum mobile
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

प्रिमुम मोबाइल
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

المحمول Primum ل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Перводвигатель
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

primum mobile
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

প্রথম মোবাইল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

mobiles primum
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Primum mudah alih
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

primum mobil
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

一次中モバイル
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

primum 모바일
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Primum mobile
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

primum điện thoại di động
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

முதன்மையான மொபைல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्रथम मोबाईल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Birincil mobil
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

primum mobile
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Primum mobile
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

першодвигун
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

mobil primum
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

primum κινητό
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Primum mobiele
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

primum mobil
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Primum mobil
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of primum mobile

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PRIMUM MOBILE»

The term «primum mobile» is used very little and occupies the 151.093 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PRIMUM MOBILE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «primum mobile» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «primum mobile» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about primum mobile

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PRIMUM MOBILE»

Discover the use of primum mobile in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to primum mobile and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Primum Mobile; with theses to the theory and canons for ...
To this Canon pertains the mode of directing the Sun to the proper rays in the world, for his place is to be taken under the primum. mobile, as if it was another promittor different from the Sun, always remaining'immoveable under the same polar ...
Placidus de TITIS, John Cooper (teacher of the mathematics.), 1814
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Primum mobile duodecim libris contentum, in quibus habentur ...
Io. Antonij Magini ... Tabulae generales ad primum mobile spectantes, & primò quidem sequitur magnus canon mathematicus, seu trigonometriae nunc primùm ab auctore ipso auctus, diligentissimè castigatus, & in hanc nouam formam ...
Giovanni Antonio Magini, 1609
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Primum Mobile
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! In medieval and Renaissance astronomy, the Primum Mobile, or "first moved," was the outermost moving sphere in the geocentric model of the universe.
Jesse Russell, Ronald Cohn, 2012
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Medieval Latin: An Introduction and Bibliographical Guide
The tenth heaven (decimum coelum) was usually called the primum mobile or " first movable sphere," because it was the first orb that moved with a natural circular motion. The primum mobile was responsible for the daily motion of the fixed ...
Frank Anthony Carl Mantello, A. G. Rigg, 1996
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The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri : Volume 3: Paradiso: ...
Its closest and highest parts . . . manifest to you: Beatrice draws the pilgrim into the first moving sphere, or primum mobile (“first movable”). Invisible from earth but philosophically necessary (see note to lines 142–48), this sphere surrounds all ...
Robert M. Durling, Ronald L. Martinez, 2010
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Dante's Divine Comedy: Paradise
The invisible Primum Mobile, the outermost layer, was right next to the Empyrean and indwelt by the Seraphim. 2 The Crystalline Heaven, spinning with love and longing for God, serves as an electrical generator providing energy for the rest of  ...
Dante Alighieri, 1998
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Dante Encyclopedia
F. Regina Psaki Primum Mobile The Primum Mobile is the ninth sphere in Dante's cosmology. The largest in size and swiftest in motion, it contains the other eight lower spheres and sweeps them along in its daily revolution around the Earth.
Richard Lansing, 2011
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Hidden Attraction : The History and Mystery of Magnetism: ...
Ancient philosophers had pointed out that since the distant stars were moving around the earth, it implied the existence of a prime mover, primum mobile, which had to be, in Gilbert's skeptical words, "a universal force, an unending despotism,  ...
Gerrit L. Verschuur, 1993
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A Brief History of the Western World
Closest to earth was the sphere that carried the moon; then, at successive intervals, came the spheres of Mercury, Venus, the sun, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, and the fixed stars. Beyond the sphere of the fixed stars was the Primum Mobile ( Prime ...
Thomas Greer, Gavin Lewis, 2004
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Astronomical Amusements: Papers in Honor of Jean Meeus
Nondimeno, il primum mobile rimane la sfera più esterna, al di là della quale non vi è che l'empireo, mentra nella nona sfera viene posto il cielo cristallino o acqueo, la cui realtà era stata postulata dai Padri della Chiesa sull'autorità di un  ...
Fabrizio Bònoli, Salvo De Meis, Antonio Panaino, 2000

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PRIMUM MOBILE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term primum mobile is used in the context of the following news items.
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Modernization or Westernization?
... technology during the past four centuries whereas this advancement has been the primum mobile of the human progress in the modern era. «The Nation, Mar 15»
2
It's time to fight religion: Toxic drivel, useful media idiots, and the real …
Religion in each of these barbaric episodes (and many, many more) was the universally recognized primum mobile. Why should we not admit ... «Salon, Feb 15»
3
Swans Announce First North American Dates for 2015 Tour
... To Be Kind, the third studio album from this outfit since their reactivation by band primum mobile Michael Gira in 2010 after a 14 year hiatus. «Broadway World, Jan 15»
4
The Warren Report, 50 years old, missed Oswald's motive: Opinion
Pursuit of this sick fantasy became the primum mobile of his existence. Intrinsic to Oswald's machinations was the belief that "a coming ... «NJ.com, Sep 14»
5
Paradiso, The Final Cantos
Mary, in a limited sense, is the Primum Mobile of our salvation, whose freely chosen “yes” set into motion the events that reconciled God to Man. «The American Conservative, Sep 14»
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Paradiso, Canto XXVIII
The material world is the clay, God and His design is the idea (form), and the Primum Mobile is the potter's wheel through which the Creator ... «The American Conservative, Sep 14»
7
White girls rock Caribbean culture
Monique Roffey, the primum mobile of this column, is not a girl, she's a woman, I just couldn't resist the headline. Literary punters would know ... «Trinidad Guardian, Aug 14»
8
What Mick wants
Since the listing of Billiton in 1997, Davis has been the primum mobile of some of the highest profile mining deals in London, including Billiton's ... «Mining MX, Jul 14»
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SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: Hacked-off Ian Hislop quits campaign …
... C-T's predilections,' says another headmaster. 'He's a safe appointment, but Lord Waldegrave, as Provost, will be primum mobile [top dog].' ... «Daily Mail, Jun 14»
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Paradiso, Canto I
The outermost sphere is the Primum Mobile, which is the border between Creation and the Empyrean, or Heaven. Everything that exists does ... «The American Conservative, May 14»

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« EDUCALINGO. Primum mobile [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/primum-mobile>. May 2024 ».
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