# Prime mover

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**Prime mover** may refer to:

## Philosophy

- [Unmoved mover](/source/Unmoved_mover), a concept in Aristotle's writings

## Engineering

- [Prime mover (engine or motor)](/source/Prime_mover_(engine_or_motor)), a machine that converts various other forms of energy (chemical, electrical, fluid pressure/flow, etc.) into energy of movement
- [Prime mover (locomotive)](/source/Prime_mover_(locomotive)), one of the several types of power plants used in locomotives to provide traction power
- [Prime mover (tractor unit)](/source/Prime_mover_(tractor_unit)), a heavy-duty towing engine that provides motive power for hauling a towed or trailered load

## Anatomy

- Prime mover, another name for an [agonist muscle](/source/Agonist_muscle)

## Entertainment

- [*Prime Mover* (film)](/source/Prime_Mover_(film)), a 2009 Australian romantic crime film
- [Prime Mover (comics)](/source/Prime_Mover_(comics)), a fictional character in the Marvel Universe
- *Prime Mover*, a video game published by [Psygnosis](/source/Psygnosis) in 1993
- "[The Prime Mover](/source/The_Prime_Mover)", a 1961 episode of *The Twilight Zone*
- The Prime Movers, a quasi-omniscient race of alien superbeings in the *[Buck Godot](/source/Buck_Godot)* comic series by Phil Foglio
- [Prime Movers: The Makers of Modern Dance in America](/source/Prime_Movers:_The_Makers_of_Modern_Dance_in_America), a 1977 book about the history of modern dance in the United States

### Music

- [*Prime Mover* (album)](/source/Prime_Mover_(album)), a 1988 album by the Christian Rock band AD
- [The Prime Movers (Michigan band)](/source/The_Prime_Movers_(Michigan_band)), a 1960s band featuring a pre-Stooges Iggy Pop
- [The Prime Movers (Los Angeles band)](/source/The_Prime_Movers_(Los_Angeles_band)), a predecessor band of Dread Zeppelin
- [*Prime Movers* (album)](/source/Prime_Movers_(album)), a 2016 compilation by Slim Dusty
- "Prime Mover", a 1983 single by [Leather Nun](/source/Leather_Nun)
- "Prime Mover", a 1987 single by [Zodiac Mindwarp](/source/Zodiac_Mindwarp)
- "Prime Mover", a song on Rush's 1987 album *[Hold Your Fire](/source/Hold_Your_Fire)*
- "Prime Mover", a song on Ghost's 2010 album *[Opus Eponymous](/source/Opus_Eponymous)*
- "Prime Mover", a 2012 album by German trance producer [Alex M.O.R.P.H.](/source/Alex_M.O.R.P.H.)
- "Prime Movers", a song on [Covenant](/source/Covenant_(band))'s 2013 album Leaving Babylon
- The Prime Movers, a band of former members of [The Prisoners](/source/The_Prisoners_(band))

## See also

- [First mover (disambiguation)](/source/First_mover_(disambiguation))

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