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primum mobile (n.)
"the first source of motion," mid-15c., from Medieval Latin (11c.), literally "the first movable thing;" see
prime
(adj.) +
mobile
. A translation of Arabic
al-muharrik al-awwal
"the first moving" (Avicenna).