LOCOMOTIVE

Locomotive

A locomotive or engine is a railway vehicle that provides the motive power for a train. The word originates from the Latin loco – "from a place", ablative of locus, "place" + Medieval Latin motivus, "causing motion", and is a shortened form of the term locomotive engine, first used in the early 19th century to distinguish between mobile and stationary steam engines.

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locomotive

Noun

  1. The power unit of a train which does not carry passengers or freight itself, but pulls the coaches or rail cars or wagons.
  2. A traction engine
  3. A cheer characterized by a slow beginning and a progressive increase in speed
  4. A country which drives the world economy by having a high level of imports. (i.e. The United States).

Adjective

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


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