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Types of motors include:

Electric Motor , a machine that converts electricity into a mechanical motion

Thermodynamic Motor or heat engine, a machine that converts heat into mechanical motion

Molecular Motors , the essential agents of movement in living organisms

Pneumatic Motor , a machine that converts the energy of compressed air into mechanical motion

Hydraulic Motor , a machine that converts the energy of pressurized liquid flow into mechanical motion.

Synthetic Molecular Motors or nanomotors

Any device which converts energy into limited and/or intermittent motion (e.g. Pneumatic Artificial Muscles ) may be called an Actuator instead of a Motor.

Motor may also refer to:

an Engine

--- Motor Car or automobile

--- Motor Vehicle

--- Motorcycle — a term used by police officers to refer to their official duty motorcycles

Motor System , the physiological system that is responsible for physical movement

--- Motor Neuron , neurons that originate in the spinal cord and synapse with muscle fibers

--- Motor Skill , the ability of an organism to use the motor system effectively

For the British popgro The Motors see The Motors

SEE ALSO

Timeline Of Motor And Engine Technology