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Noun: prime mover
  1. An agent that is the cause of all things but does not itself have a cause
    "God is the prime mover";
    - first cause, primum mobile
     
  2. (philosophy) the initial agent that is the cause of all things

Derived forms: prime movers

Type of: causal agency, causal agent, cause

Encyclopedia: Prime mover

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