different between locomotive vs quartering

English

Etymology

From French locomotif, from Latin loc? (literally “from a place”) (ablative of locus (“place”)) + Vulgar Latin m?tivus (“moving”) (see motive).

Pronunciation

• (Gen) IPA^(key): /?lo?k??mo?tiv/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?l??k???m??tiv/

Noun

locomotive (plural locomotives)

1. (rail transport) The power unit of a train that pulls the coaches or wagons.
2. (rare) A traction engine
3. (slang) A cheer characterized by a slow beginning and a progressive increase in speed
4. (economics) A country which drives the world economy by having a high level of imports. (i.e. The United States).

Usage notes

Sometimes erroneously used as a synonym for train.

Synonyms

• loco

Derived terms

Translations

Adjective

locomotive (comparative more locomotive, superlative most locomotive)

1. of or relating to locomotion
2. of or relating to the power unit of a train which does not carry passengers or freight itself

Translations

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l?.k?.m?.tiv/
• Homophone: locomotives

Adjective

locomotive

1. feminine singular of locomotif

Noun

locomotive f (plural locomotives)

1. locomotive

Further reading

• “locomotive” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Noun

locomotive f

1. plural of locomotiva

English

Verb

quartering

1. present participle of quarter

Noun

quartering (plural quarterings)

1. A division into four parts.
   • 1994, David C. Schneider, Quantitative Ecology: Spatial and Temporal Scaling (page 36)

     Similitude applies to proportional changes, such as doublings, halvings, or quarterings; it does not apply to additive changes.

2. The act of providing housing for military personnel, especially when imposed upon the home of a private citizen.
3. The method of capital punishment where a criminal is cut into four pieces.
4. (heraldry) The division of a shield containing different coats of arms into four or more compartments.
5. (heraldry) One of the different coats of arms arranged upon an escutcheon, denoting the descent of the bearer.
6. (architecture) A series of quarters, or small upright posts.
7. (historical) The practice of docking 15 minutes' pay from a worker who arrived late (even by less than 15 minutes).
8. (hunting) Searching for prey by traversing a space. From hunting for game, where dogs will run parallel to the wind in search of a scent, thereby 'quatering' the field.

Translations

Adjective

quartering (not comparable)

1. (nautical) Coming from a point well abaft the beam, but not directly astern; said of waves or any moving object.
2. (by extension, aviation, of wind) Coming from aft and to one side; having both a crosswind and tailwind component.
3. (engineering) At right angles, as the cranks of a locomotive, which are in planes forming a right angle with each other.