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pri·mum mo·bi·le
/ˈpraɪməmˈmobəli, ˈpri-/
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Pri·mum mob·i·le
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
Crystalline heavens
,
under
Crystalline
.
The
motions
of
the
greatest
persons
in
a
government
ought
to
be
,
as
the
motions
of
the
planets
,
under
primum mobile
.
--
Bacon
.
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From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
primum
mobile
n
:
a
self-caused
agent
that
is
the
cause
of
all
things
; "
God
is
the
first
cause
" [
syn
:
first cause
,
prime mover
]
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