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primum mobile

primum mobile · primum mobiles · prima mobilia

первопричина

The outermost celestial sphere of the heavens in Ptolemaic astronomy, which was…The outermost celestial sphere of the heavens in Ptolemaic astronomy, which was believed to cause all the inner spheres to rotate.

UK/ˌpɹaɪməm ˈməʊbɪli/US/ˌpɹaɪməm ˈmoʊbəˌli/

Значение

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(историческое)The outermost celestial sphere of the heavens in Ptolemaic astronomy, which was believed to cause all the inner spheres to rotate.
The prime mover or first cause (“an initial cause from which all other causes and effects follow”).
первопричи́наpervopričína
(шире)The person or thing that is the main impetus for some action; a driving force.

Ещё определения

an agent that is the cause of all things but does not itself have a cause

Переводы

языков: 3

Русский

По значениям 1

prime mover or first cause — see also prime mover:

Происхождение

From Middle English primum mobile (“outermost celestial sphere causing other spheres to mo

From Middle English primum mobile (“outermost celestial sphere causing other spheres to move”), borrowed from Medieval Latin prīmum mōbile (literally “first mover”), a calque of Arabic مُحَرِّك أَوَّل (muḥarrik ʔawwal, “first mover”), which is itself a calque of Ancient Greek τὸ πρῶτον κινῆσαν (tò prôton kinêsan, “prime mover”).

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