first mover
See also: first-mover
English
Noun
first mover (plural first movers)
- (philosophy) The initial agent that is the cause of all things; the prime mover.
References
- Dictionary of Philosophy, Dagobert D. Runes (ed.), Philosophical Library, 1962, p. 110.
- Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989. See "mover".