Motion

Word MOTION
Character 6
Hyphenation mo tion
Pronunciations /ˈməʊʃən/

Definitions and meanings of "Motion"

What do we mean by motion?

The act or process of changing position or place. noun

A meaningful or expressive change in the position of the body or a part of the body; a gesture. noun

Active operation. noun

The ability or power to move. noun

The manner in which the body moves, as in walking. noun

A prompting from within; an impulse or inclination. noun

Melodic ascent and descent of pitch. noun

An application made to a court for an order or a ruling. noun

A formal proposal put to the vote under parliamentary procedures. noun

A mechanical device or piece of machinery that moves or causes motion; a mechanism. noun

The movement or action of such a device. noun

To direct by making a gesture. intransitive verb

To indicate by making a gesture; signal. intransitive verb

To make a motion (that something should happen). intransitive verb

To signal by making a gesture. intransitive verb

(go through the motions) To do something in a mechanical manner indicative of a lack of interest or involvement. idiom

Change of place; transition from one point or position in space to another; continuous variation of position: used both concretely, for a single change of position, and abstractly, to denote such change considered as a character belonging to the moving body, and also generally for a class of phenomena. noun

The power of moving; ability to change one's position. noun

Style or manner of moving; carriage. noun

A state of progression from one place to another.

A change of position with respect to time.

A change from one place to another.

A parliamentary action to propose something. A similar procedure in any official or business meeting.

An entertainment or show, especially a puppet show.

From κίνησις (kinesis); any change. Traditionally of four types: generation and corruption, alteration, augmentation and diminution, and change of place.

Movement of the mind, desires, or passions; mental act, or impulse to any action; internal activity.

A formal request, oral or written, made to a judge or court of law to obtain an official court ruling or order for a legal action to be taken by, or on behalf of, the movant.

A movement of the bowels; the product of such movement.

Change of pitch in successive sounds, whether in the same part or in groups of parts. (Conjunct motion is that by single degrees of the scale. Contrary motion is when parts move in opposite directions. Disjunct motion is motion by skips. Oblique motion is when one part is stationary while another moves. Similar or direct motion is when parts move in the same direction.)

A puppet, or puppet show.

A piece of moving mechanism, such as on a steam locomotive.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Motion

The word "motion" in example sentences

Another patent in the steam-engine series, taken out in 1784, contained, besides other methods of converting a circular or angular motion into a perpendicular or rectilineal motion, the well-known and much-admired _parallel motion_, and the application of the steam-engine to give motion to wheel-carriages for carrying persons and goods. ❋ Unknown (1906)

The said first Bill, in the body thereof, containeth no new matter, but is precisely the same with the motion before mentioned, and liable to all the objections which lay against the said motion, excepting the following particular, viz. that _by the motion_, actual taxation was to be suspended, so long as America should give as much as the said Parliament might think proper: whereas, _by the proposed ❋ Thomas Paine (1773)

The physical refutation of the self-existence of the universe is completed by the discovery, _that all the orbs of heaven, as well as the earth, are in motion, and that an orderly and regulated motion_. [ ❋ Robert Patterson (1857)

His final thoughts on what he can reveal about the story – I can say that what basically starts this whole story in motion is that Son of Satan finds out from Blaze that Zadkiel is trying to kill the Anti-Christ. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The shots of all the balloons in motion is excellent. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Their commander, AJ, a trim man with a pink complexion who seems uncomfortable when not in motion, is an older version of them all. ❋ Unknown (2002)

For a similar reason, a collision head-on between two cars in motion is much more violent than if one of them is at rest. ❋ Unknown (2001)

Understanding, then, the term motion in the extended sense just explained, we shall comprehend more clearly the theory stated above. ❋ Unknown (1880)

Even though the motion is already filed, you still have an opportunity to find other cases before you argue it. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Because we're shooting a scene filled with highlights, any camera motion is amplified. ❋ Unknown (2007)

He thinks the motion is againts his client's interest but he can neither refuse to file it nor withdraw. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Subduing or "dampening" this motion is the key to silence. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Let the third motion be what I call motion of liberty, by which bodies strive to escape from preternatural pressure or tension and to restore themselves to the dimensions suitable to their nature. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Let the sixth motion be that which I call motion for gain, or motion of want. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Let the seventh motion be what I call the motion of the greater congregation, by which bodies are carried toward masses of a like nature with themselves — heavy bodies to the globe of the earth, light to the compass of the heaven. ❋ Unknown (2005)

“That this variation of the curvature of space is what really happens in that phenomenon which we call the motion of matter, whether ponderable or etherial.” ❋ Cjohnson (2005)

Let the second motion be what I call motion of connection, by which bodies do not suffer themselves to be separated at any point from contact with another body, as delighting in mutual connection and contact. ❋ Unknown (2005)

And it's what we call a motion to instruct; it's to give some instruction to the conferees. ❋ Unknown (2003)

A decision on such a motion is an interlocutory matter. ❋ Unknown (1951)

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