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Quick definitions from WordNet (motion)
▸ noun: the act of changing location from one place to another ("Police controlled the motion of the crowd")
▸ noun: a change of position that does not entail a change of location ("The reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his surprise")
▸ noun: a formal proposal for action made to a deliberative assembly for discussion and vote ("He made a motion to adjourn")
▸ noun: a state of change ("They were in a state of steady motion")
▸ noun: the use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals
▸ noun: a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something
▸ noun: an optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object ("The cinema relies on apparent motion")
▸ verb: show, express or direct through movement
▸ Also see motions
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to motion
▸ Usage examples for motion
▸ Popular adjectives describing motion
▸ Words that often appear near motion
▸ Rhymes of motion
▸ Invented words related to motion
▸ noun: the act of changing location from one place to another ("Police controlled the motion of the crowd")
▸ noun: a change of position that does not entail a change of location ("The reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his surprise")
▸ noun: a formal proposal for action made to a deliberative assembly for discussion and vote ("He made a motion to adjourn")
▸ noun: a state of change ("They were in a state of steady motion")
▸ noun: the use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals
▸ noun: a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something
▸ noun: an optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object ("The cinema relies on apparent motion")
▸ verb: show, express or direct through movement
▸ Also see motions
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to motion
▸ Usage examples for motion
▸ Popular adjectives describing motion
▸ Words that often appear near motion
▸ Rhymes of motion
▸ Invented words related to motion