motoric
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]motoric (comparative more motoric, superlative most motoric)
- (biology) Relating to the motor faculties.
- 1973, Oliver Sacks, Awakenings:
- The 'movement' was simultaneously emotional and motoric, and essentially autonomous (thus distinguishing it from passive jerkings and other pathology).
- (music, of a rhythm) Based on repetition of a single note length.
- 2007 May 18, Jon Pareles, “A Tenderhearted Introvert, Crooning in Eclectic Company”, in New York Times[1]:
- In between were the Bang on a Can All-Stars, a contemporary chamber-music group, playing the part of their repertory — drum-driven, motoric, yet by no means primitive — closest to rock.
Translations
[edit]in music
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Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from German motorisch.
Adjective
[edit]motoric m or n (feminine singular motorică, masculine plural motorici, feminine and neuter plural motorice)
Declension
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| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
| nominative- accusative |
indefinite | motoric | motorică | motorici | motorice | |||
| definite | motoricul | motorica | motoricii | motoricele | ||||
| genitive- dative |
indefinite | motoric | motorice | motorici | motorice | |||
| definite | motoricului | motoricei | motoricilor | motoricelor | ||||