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Motion

//ˈməʊ.ʃən// name, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun

1
A surname.

Noun

1
A state of progression from one place to another. uncountable
"Several parties of hop-pickers joined the train at the intermediate stations, and the guard performed the acrobatic feat of walking along the footboards of the coaches to examine tickets, while the train was in motion."
2
the act of changing location from one place to another wordnet
3
A change of position with respect to time. countable
"This is the great wheel to which the clock owes its motion."
4
a change of position that does not entail a change of location wordnet
5
A change from one place to another. countable, uncountable
"Secondly, When a body is once in motion it will continue to move forever, unless something stops it. When a ball is struck on the surface of the earth, the friction of the earth and the resistance of the air soon stop its motion."

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6
the use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals wordnet
7
A parliamentary action to propose something. A similar procedure in any official or business meeting. countable
"The motion to amend is now open for discussion."
8
a formal proposal for action made to a deliberative assembly for discussion and vote wordnet
9
An entertainment or show, especially a puppet show. countable, obsolete, uncountable
"when God gave him reason, he gave him freedom to choose, for reason is but choosing; he had bin else a meer artificiall Adam, such an Adam as he is in the motions."
10
a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something wordnet
11
from κίνησις (kinesis); any change. Traditionally of four types: generation and corruption, alteration, augmentation and diminution, and change of place. countable, uncountable
"I say, it is no uneven jot, to pass from the more faint and obscure examples of Spermatical life to the more considerable effects of general Motion in Minerals, Metalls, and sundry Meteors, whose easie and rude shapes may have no need of any Principle of Life, or Spermatical form distinct from the Rest or Motion of the particles of the Matter."
12
an optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object wordnet
13
Movement of the mind, desires, or passions; mental act, or impulse to any action; internal activity. countable, uncountable
"Let a good man obey every good motion rising in his heart, knowing that every such motion proceeds from God."
14
a state of change wordnet
15
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. countable, uncountable
16
A movement of the bowels; the product of such movement. countable, euphemistic, uncountable
"From that time to the present (three weeks) she has taken one pill every night, and had one comfortable motion every morning without the aid of any other aperient, and her health has much improved."
17
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.) countable, uncountable
"The independent motions of different parts sounding together constitute counterpoint."
18
A puppet, or puppet show. countable, obsolete, uncountable
"What motion's this? the model of Nineveh?"
19
A piece of moving mechanism, such as on a steam locomotive. countable, uncountable
"[...] three 2-4-2 tank engines were secured from the Hunslet Engine Co. of Leeds. As the line began on the Quay in Bideford, the locomotives had their motion encased, as shown in the illustrations on page 414."
20
Success; achievements, especially those that others cannot match. slang, uncountable
"You've never got no motion, lad / You've never got no action"

Verb

1
To gesture indicating a desired movement.
"He motioned for me to come closer."
2
show, express or direct through movement wordnet
3
To introduce a motion in parliamentary procedure. proscribed
4
To make a proposal; to offer plans.
"Here's Gloucester, a foe to citizens, One that still motions war and never peace"

Etymology

Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle English mocioun, mocion, from Anglo-Norman motion, Middle French motion, and their etymon Latin mōtiō (“movement, motion”), related to movēre, from Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- (“to move”).

Etymology 2

Etymology 3

Possibly a variant of Mowson.

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