Definition of primum mobile Primum mobile
pri•mum mo•bi•le
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What does primum mobile mean?
WordNet
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| primum mobile - an agent that is the cause of all things but does not itself have a cause; "God is the first cause" | ||
| first cause, prime mover | ||
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Wiktionary 
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- primum mobile
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.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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primum mobile
prī′mum mob′i-lē, in the Ptolemaic system the outermost of the ten revolving spheres of the universe, supposed to carry the others with it: any great source of motion. [L.]
