motion

Definitions of motion in various dictionaries:

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 - a change of position that does not entail a change of location

noun - a state of change

noun - a formal proposal for action made to a deliberative assembly for discussion and vote

noun - the act of changing location from one place to another

noun - an optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object

verb - show, express or direct through movement

The act or process of changing position or place.

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

Active operation: set the plan in motion.

The ability or power to move: lost motion in his arm.

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

A prompting from within; an impulse or inclination: resigned of her own motion.

Melodic ascent and descent of pitch.

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

A formal proposal put to the vote under parliamentary procedures.

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

To direct by making a gesture: motioned us to our seats.

verb - to signal by a bodily movement

MOTION - Motion usually refers to: Motion (physics), the movement of changing place Motion (legal), a procedural device in law to bring a limited, contested ...