Dictionary Definition
motion
Noun
1 a natural event that involves a change in the
position or location of something [syn: movement]
2 the use of movements (especially of the hands)
to communicate familiar or prearranged signals [syn: gesture]
3 a change of position that does not entail a
change of location; "the reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his
surprise"; "movement is a sign of life"; "an impatient move of his
hand"; "gastrointestinal motility" [syn: movement, move, motility]
4 a state of change; "they were in a state of
steady motion" [ant: motionlessness]
5 a formal proposal for action made to a
deliberative assembly for discussion and vote; "he made a motion to
adjourn"; "she called for the question" [syn: question]
6 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" [syn: movement, move]
7 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" [syn: apparent
motion, apparent
movement, movement]
v : show, express or direct through movement; "He gestured his
desire to leave" [syn: gesticulate, gesture]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Etymology
From motion.Noun
- A state of progression from one place to another.
- A change of position with respect to time.
- A change from one place to another.
- John kept making motions under the table to Elise.
- A parliamentary action to
propose something.
- The motion to amend is now open for discussion.
Synonyms
state of progression from one place to anotherDerived terms
Translations
state of progression from one place to another
- Arabic:
- Chinese: 动作 (dòngzuò)
- Czech: pohyb
- Dutch: beweging
- Finnish: liike
- French: mouvement
- German: Bewegung
- Hebrew: תְּנוּעָה (t’nu‘ah)
- Hungarian: mozgás, ürülés
- Italian: movimento
- Japanese: 動き (うごき, ugoki)
- Korean: 운동 (undong)
- Polish: ruch
- Portuguese: movimento
- Russian: движение (dvižénije)
- Spanish: movimiento
- Swedish: rörelse
change of place or position
- Finnish: liike
- French: mouvement
- Portuguese: movimento , deslocamento
Verb
- To gesture indicating a desired movement.
- He motioned for me to come closer.
French
Etymology
From motio, noun of action from perfect passive participle motus, having been moved, from verb movere, move, + noun of action suffix -ioPronunciation
Noun
fr-noun f- motion
(4)
- Il s'agit d'une motion de censure.
Extensive Definition
Motion may refer to:
- Motion (physics), any physical movement or change in position or place
- Motion (legal), a procedural device in law to bring a limited, contested matter before a court
- Motion (democracy), a formal step to introduce a matter for consideration by a group
- Motion (parliamentary procedure), a formal step to introduce a matter for consideration by a deliberative assembly, within the system of Robert's Rules of Order and other parliamentary authorities
- Motion (album), an album by the Cinematic Orchestra
- Motion (software), motion graphic software by Apple Computer
- Motion (webcam software), a software motion detector.
- Andrew Motion, English poet laureate
See also
- Self-motion
- Move
- lookfrom motion
motion in German: Bewegung
motion in Spanish: Movimiento
(desambiguación)
motion in French: Motion
motion in Latvian: Kustība
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
Zeitgeist, act, action, activeness, activism, activity, agitation, bearing, beck, beckon, bill, body language, business, calendar, carriage, change, charade, chironomy, clause, clockworks, commotion, commutation, companion bills
amendment, course,
crossing, current, dactylology, deaf-and-dumb
alphabet, direction,
doings, dragnet clause,
drift, drive train, dumb
show, enacting clause, escalator clause, flag, fluctuation, gait, gear, gesticulate, gesticulation, gesture, gesture language,
glacial movement, globe-trotting, goad, going, goings-on, hand signal,
hold-up bill, improper suggestion, impulse, incentive, indecent proposal,
inducement, innards, instance, joker, journeying, kinesics, line, locomotion, machinery, main current,
mainstream, measure, mechanism, militancy, mime, mobility, motility, motion to, motive, movability, move, movement, movements, moving, offering, omnibus bill,
oscillation,
pantomime, pass, passage, poise, political activism,
pose, posture, power train, privileged
question, procedure,
proceeding, proceedings, process, progress, proposal, proposition, proviso, question, recommendation, request, resolution, rider, run, saving clause, saw the air,
servomechanism,
set, sexual advance,
shift, shifting, shrug, shrug the shoulders,
sign, sign language,
signal, signalize, spring, spur, stance, step, stir, stirring, stream, submission, suggestion, sway, swing, tenor, the general tendency, the
main course, time spirit, tone, tourism, touristry, traject, trajet, transit, travel, traveling, tread, trend, turbulence, turmoil, walk, watchworks, wave, wave the arms, wavering, wheels, wheels within wheels,
workings, works