'Moving force' definitions:

Definition of 'Moving force'

From: GCIDE
  • Moving \Mov"ing\, a.
  • 1. Changing place or posture; causing motion or action; as, a moving car, or power. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Exciting movement of the mind or feelings; adapted to move the sympathies, passions, or affections; touching; pathetic; as, a moving appeal. [1913 Webster]
  • I sang an old moving story. --Coleridge. [1913 Webster]
  • Moving force (Mech.), a force that accelerates, retards, or deflects the motion of a body.
  • Moving plant (Bot.), a leguminous plant ({Desmodium gyrans}); -- so called because its leaflets have a distinct automatic motion. [1913 Webster]