exists and is an alternate of . If an electrical motor is doing more work than that for which was designed, it is said to be overloaded. An overloaded motor will become hot. Various safety devices are available to shut down an overheated motor defore it becomes damaged or starts a fire from the excess heat.
mother tongue. n. 1. (Linguistics) the language first learned by a child. 2. (Linguistics) a language from which another has evolved. mothâ²er tongue. n. the language first learned by a person; native language.
According to Ivan Illich, the term mother tongue was first used by Catholic monks to designate a particular language they used, instead of Latin, when they are speaking from the pulpit. That is, the holy mother the Church introduced this term and colonies inherited it from Christianity as a part of colonialism.