motor unit

noun

: a motor neuron together with the muscle fibers on which it acts

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The motor units are each equipped with a 6-axis motion-sensing IMU (inertial measurement unit) and a GPS module. Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 11 Dec. 2024 But it could also be integrated into a slightly wider ebike motor unit as a one-piece variable speed drive unit, or stuck into a wind turbine generator, or a car, truck, tractor, snowmobile, industrial machine, whatever. New Atlas, 5 Dec. 2024 Diaz was hired by the Sheriff’s Office in 2004 and has been on the motor unit for 10 years. Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 21 Nov. 2024 Each motor unit has a rotary encoder, tension sensor, and current and temperature sensing circuit. IEEE Spectrum, 4 Mar. 2010 Once your ice is frozen, put it into the ice crusher cup, and place the motor unit on top. Lauren Taylor, Southern Living, 19 Aug. 2023 The motor system undergoes a second profound remodeling in older people during healthy ageing that results in further domination of slow muscle fibers and slowing down motor unit activity, simulating the condition of hypergravitation (G>1). Ncbi Rofl, Discover Magazine, 7 Mar. 2013 In normal gravitation, comfortable temperature and normoxia decreases the motor unit activity (MU) firing rate to a level, characteristic for the regular Earth condition. Ncbi Rofl, Discover Magazine, 7 Mar. 2013 The shortage has affected the special operations unit, which investigates violent crimes; the motor unit, which provides traffic enforcement; the neighborhood policing division, which coordinates homeless outreach efforts, and others. San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 July 2022

Word History

First Known Use

1925, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of motor unit was in 1925

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“Motor unit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/motor%20unit. Accessed 25 Dec. 2024.

Medical Definition

motor unit

noun
: a motor neuron together with the muscle fibers on which it acts
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