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      motion
      noun
      (uncountable) A state of progression from one place to another.
      (countable) A change of position with respect to time.
      (physics) A change from one place to another.
      (countable) A parliamentary action to propose something. A similar procedure in any official or business meeting.
      (philosophy) 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.
      (law) 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.
      (euphemistic) A movement of the bowels; the product of such movement.
      (music) 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.)
      (mechanical engineering) A piece of moving mechanism, such as on a steam locomotive.
      (slang, uncountable) Success; achievements, especially those that others cannot match.
      A surname.
      (obsolete) An entertainment or show, especially a puppet show.
      (obsolete) A puppet, or puppet show.
      verb
      To gesture indicating a desired movement.
      To make a proposal; to offer plans.
      (proscribed) To introduce a motion in parliamentary procedure.
      Roots
      moveomot- · Latin · move, mover
      Synonyms for motion
      movementnmovengesturenmotilityngesticulatevactionnlocomotionnresolutionnoscillationnproceedingn
      Words related to motion
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