| motive | Causing motion; having power to move, or tending to move; as, a motive argument; motive power. "Motive faculty. <machinery> " Motive power, a natural agent, as water, steam, wind, electricity, etc, used to impart motion to machinery; a motor; a mover. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| achievement motive | An acquired, chronic need to succeed in the face of recognizable obstacles; its strength is usually diagnosed from recurring themes in stories told by the individual while taking a thematic apperception test or from other assessment instruments used by clinical psychologists. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| mastery motive | An acquired need to be assertive, to stand out in a crowd, to be dominant. (05 Mar 2000) |
| proton-motive force | Energy that is generated by the transfer of protons or electrons across an energy-transducing membrane and that can be used for chemical, osmotic, or mechanical work. Proton-motive force can be generated by a variety of phenomena including the operation of an electron transport chain, illumination of a purple membrane, and the hydrolysis of ATP by a proton atpase. (12 Dec 1998) |