motors and engine are different! That's according to our professor in thermodynamics, and he asked us the question that i'm asking to you now.
2007-06-26 16:14:44 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Motorcycles
The cycle is completed by the movement of the motor.
2007-06-26 19:43:58 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your professor is splitting hairs,Ask him why some use the term Motorcar for an automoble,as most of those are powered by engines also.Maybe it is because some early autos and some early motorcycles were actually powered electric MOTORS?And the name just stuck.
2007-06-26 23:27:53 · answer #2 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it goes back a century to the days when automobiles were called motor cars. That made motorcycles a natural phrase to use. No body ever said common wording was precise.
Why do they call those little ones mo-peds when you do less pedalling not mo' when you are on them - try that question on your professor.
2007-06-26 23:23:50 · answer #3 · answered by Rich Z 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because your prof is thinking that a motor is electrical, and an enginie is combustion. That is old thinking. According to Webster's New World Dictionary: a motor is anything that produces or imparts motion. Go get 'em!
2007-06-27 06:43:53 · answer #4 · answered by ericscribener 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
actually when Indian started selling motorcycles in 1901 they called them MOTOCYCLES without the r and did so up through the teens let your proff chew on that for a while
2007-06-26 23:36:50 · answer #5 · answered by Who Dat ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
picky,picky,tell prof to go go fuff a buffalo,yes a motor is powered by electricity,and a engine is powered by a combustable.
2007-06-27 00:09:42 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The terms are interchangeable. The fuel /electricity distinction is traditional.
2007-06-27 05:28:37 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
When I went to school, I had to look up my own answers. Using real books. Asking others doesn't work when you have to cite references. "He said so" doesn't work. So I know the answer. Have you found it yet?
2007-06-27 18:29:32 · answer #8 · answered by Firecracker . 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think your teacher Ãs stupid motor sure is a engine !!!!!
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2007-06-26 23:28:57 · answer #9 · answered by Arni M 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Did you ever own or ride a bicycle as a kid, where did the name "BICYCLE" come from, now you should be able too fugure it out.
2007-06-27 08:25:37 · answer #10 · answered by gretsch16pc 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋