MOTION
\mˈə͡ʊʃən], \mˈəʊʃən], \m_ˈəʊ_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of MOTION
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Legal Glossary Database
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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an optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object; "the cinema relies on apparent motion"; "the succession of flashing lights gave an illusion of movement"
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a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something
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a state of change; "they were in a state of steady motion"
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the act of changing location from one place to another; "police controlled the motion of the crowd"; "the movement of people from the farms to the cities"; "his move put him directly in my path"
By Princeton University
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an optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object; "the cinema relies on apparent motion"; "the succession of flashing lights gave an illusion of movement"
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a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something
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a state of change; "they were in a state of steady motion"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Power of, or capacity for, motion.
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Direction of movement; course; tendency; as, the motion of the planets is from west to east.
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Movement of the mind, desires, or passions; mental act, or impulse to any action; internal activity.
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A proposal or suggestion looking to action or progress; esp., a formal proposal made in a deliberative assembly; as, a motion to adjourn.
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An application made to a court or judge orally in open court. Its object is to obtain an order or rule directing some act to be done in favor of the applicant.
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Change of pitch in successive sounds, whether in the same part or in groups of parts.
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A puppet show or puppet.
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To make a significant movement or gesture, as with the hand; as, to motion to one to take a seat.
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To make proposal; to offer plans.
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To direct or invite by a motion, as of the hand or head; as, to motion one to a seat.
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To propose; to move.
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The act, process, or state of changing place or position; movement; the passing of a body from one place or position to another, whether voluntary or involuntary; - opposed to rest.
By Oddity Software
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Power of, or capacity for, motion.
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Direction of movement; course; tendency; as, the motion of the planets is from west to east.
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Movement of the mind, desires, or passions; mental act, or impulse to any action; internal activity.
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A proposal or suggestion looking to action or progress; esp., a formal proposal made in a deliberative assembly; as, a motion to adjourn.
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An application made to a court or judge orally in open court. Its object is to obtain an order or rule directing some act to be done in favor of the applicant.
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Change of pitch in successive sounds, whether in the same part or in groups of parts.
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A puppet show or puppet.
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To make a significant movement or gesture, as with the hand; as, to motion to one to take a seat.
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To make proposal; to offer plans.
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To direct or invite by a motion, as of the hand or head; as, to motion one to a seat.
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To propose; to move.
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The act, process, or state of changing place or position; movement; the passing of a body from one place or position to another, whether voluntary or involuntary; - opposed to rest.
By Noah Webster.
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During a lawsuit, a request to the judge for a decision--called an order or ruling--to resolve procedural or other issues that come up during litigation. For example, after receiving hundreds of irrelevant interrogatories, a party might file a motion asking that the other side be ordered to stop engaging in unduly burdensome discovery. A motion can be made before, during or after trial. Typically, one party submits a written motion to the court, at which point the other party has the opportunity to file a written response. The court then often schedules a hearing at which each side delivers a short oral argument. The court then approves or denies the motion. Most motions cannot be appealed until the case is over.
By Oddity Software
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Physical motion, i.e., a change in position of a body or subject as a result of an external force. It is distinguished from MOVEMENT, a process resulting from biological activity.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The act, process, or state of changing place; the changing of position; a gesture; action, as opposed to rest; impulse or desire; a formal proposal made in a meeting of a society, etc.; as, a motion to adjourn is in order.
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To make a movement or gesture full of meaning; as, to motion to someone to come forward.
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To guide or invite by a gesture; as, to motion someone to come forward.
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Motionless.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By James Champlin Fernald
By William R. Warner
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The act or state of moving: a single movement: change of posture: gait: power of motion: excitement of the mind: proposal made, esp. in an assembly:-in pl. (B.) impulses.
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To make a significant movement.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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The act of changing place. The various motions may be divided into, - First, the voluntary or those that are executed under the influence of the brain. Secondly, the involuntary, which may be subdivided into, 1. The excited, of the reflex function of Dr. Marshall Hall and others, - as the closure of the larynx on the contact of acrid vapours, of the pharynx on that of the food, - a function of the spinal marrow; and, 2. Those that are executed under the organic and other nerves of involuntary function. It is probable, too, that every living tissue is capable of moving responsive to its appropriate irritant. See Irritability.
By Robley Dunglison
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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n. [Latin] Act or process of changing place; movement, as opposed to rest;- animal life and action; - manner of moving the body; port; gait; air;- military march; advance or retreat;- agitation, as of the sea;- internal action; excitement, as of the breast; hence, tumult; stir; commotion;- impulse communicated; impetus;- direction; tendency;- evacuation of the bowels;- proposal made in a deliberative assembly or public meeting.
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