Definition of "motor-driven" [mo•tor-driv•en]

• Driven or actuated by a motor, esp. by an individual electric motor. An electric motor forms an integral part of many machine tools in numerous modern machine shops. (adjective)

Gnu Collaboartive International Dictionary of English: licensed under The Code Project Open License (CPOL)

• "LOS ANGELES—After weeks of warnings and much talk of a motor-driven apocalypse in advance of the closure of a 10-mile stretch of the 405 Freeway, residents here largely stayed off the road."
• "Indeed, Japan went so far as to plan for 50% of its power to come from nuclear by 2030, in a nation where people have grown accustomed to not having to open doors because electric motor-driven doors open automatically, and there is similar use or wastage of power, depending on the perspective of the beholder."
• "Motorcycles and motor-driven cycles are included in this class."