: a motor neuron together with the muscle fibers on which it acts
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The motor units are each equipped with a 6-axis motion-sensing IMU (inertial measurement unit) and a GPS module.—Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 11 Dec. 2024 Diaz was hired by the Sheriff’s Office in 2004 and has been on the motor unit for 10 years.—Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 21 Nov. 2024 Once your ice is frozen, put it into the ice crusher cup, and place the motor unit on top.—Lauren Taylor, Southern Living, 19 Aug. 2023 The shortage has affected the special operations unit, which investigates violent crimes; the motor unit, which provides traffic enforcement; the neighborhood policing division, which coordinates homeless outreach efforts, and others.—San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 July 2022 In normal gravitation, comfortable temperature and normoxia decreases the motor unit activity (MU) firing rate to a level, characteristic for the regular Earth condition.—Ncbi Rofl, Discover Magazine, 7 Mar. 2013 Each motor unit has a rotary encoder, tension sensor, and current and temperature sensing circuit.—IEEE Spectrum, 4 Mar. 2010
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