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MOT
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Appendix:Variations of "mot"
English
Etymology
roadworthiness test aggregate grades See Proper noun.
Pronunciation
en /ɛm.əʊ.tiː/ UK
Proper noun
en UK historical en w:Ministry of Transport (a former name of the Department for Transport) still in use relating to the MOT test it made compulsory in 1961, and three grades of aggregate it specified for road, path and sports court subbase layers.
Noun
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en UK countable colloquial An MOT test (an annual test of roadworthiness for most UK motor vehicles over three years old, or four years old in Northern Ireland).
en I can’t drive over this week, the car is in for its MOT.
en vehicle inspection US
en UK countable by extension Any regular checkup.
2008, UK. Parliament. House of Commons. Communities and Local Government Committee, Existing Housing and Climate Change: Seventh Report (page 17)
Mr. Baines: We have also said in our response that we believe that an 'MOT' for houses would be a good idea. How and when you apply this—Q120 Mr Olner: Wait a minute! I have got a motorcar and I have to have an MOT after three years, so if you are going to talk about an MOT for housing stock, what are we talking about in years
2026 January 19, Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Emma Reynolds MP, Government unveils biggest overhaul to water in a generation (press release)
The new regulator will introduce an 'MOT' approach for water company infrastructure, requiring health checks on pipes, pumps and more.
en UK An aggregate which meets one of the three Ministry of Transport standards for use in road, path and sports court subbase layers.
en MOT Type 1 gives the strongest base, MOT Type 3 the best drainage, and MOT Type 2 is intermediate for both
en business uncountable en management of technology.
en electronics countable en microwave oven transformer.
en member of the tribe a Jew.
en 2012 w:Gil Troy http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/10/10/finding-members-of-the-tribe.html Finding Members of the Tribe w:The Daily Beast And, of course, she and her family would be welcome in our home too, with bagels, crembos—and even the kind of four course meal we were lucky enough to enjoy with them, our fellow MoTs. https://web.archive.org/web/20160802085323/http://www.thedailybeast.com:80/articles/2012/10/10/finding-members-of-the-tribe.html 2 August 2016
en 2013 Stephanie Butnick http://www.jewcy.com/news/american-apparels-black-nail-polish-color-is-called-hassid American Apparel’s Black Nail Polish Color is Called 'Hassid' w:Jewcy This isn’t the first time American Apparel founder Dov Charney, who is Jewish, has gotten himself in hot water with his fellow MOTs.
en physics countable en magnetooptical trap.
Translations
vehicle inspection
management of technology
Finnish: fi teknologiajohtaminen
Japanese: ja 技術経営 gijyutsu-keiei
Verb
en UK colloquial To subject a motor vehicle to an MOT test.
I've got to get the car MOTed by Friday.
See also
en DMV
en RTA
Anagrams
en mot OMT OTM TMO Tom tom
Finnish
Alternative forms
fi M.O.T.
Etymology
Short for fi mikä oli todistettava = fi mikä what + fi oli was + fi todistettava to be proven
Interjection
fi interjection
fi mathematics en QED, en quod erat demonstrandum