primum mobile
/-leɪ/ · noun
Meaning
- The outermost celestial sphere of the heavens in Ptolemaic astronomy, which was believed to cause all the inner spheres to rotate.
- The prime mover or first cause.
- (by extension) The person or thing that is the main impetus for some action; a driving force.
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