Definition of motion

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Motion (n.) Direction of movement; course; tendency; as, the motion of the planets is from west to east..

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Anomaly :: Anomaly (n.) The angular distance of a planet from its perihelion, as seen from the sun. This is the true anomaly. The eccentric anomaly is a corresponding angle at the center of the elliptic orbit of the planet. The mean anomaly is what the anomaly would be if the planet's angular motion were uniform..
Protrusive :: Protrusive (a.) Thrusting or impelling forward; as, protrusive motion..
Commove :: Commove (v. t.) To put in motion; to disturb; to unsettle.
Helicoid :: Helicoid (n.) A warped surface which may be generated by a straight line moving in such a manner that every point of the line shall have a uniform motion in the direction of another fixed straight line, and at the same time a uniform angular motion about it..
Accusative :: Accusative (a.) Applied to the case (as the fourth case of Latin and Greek nouns) which expresses the immediate object on which the action or influence of a transitive verb terminates, or the immediate object of motion or tendency to, expressed by a preposition. It corresponds to the objective case in English..
Beck :: Beck (v. t.) To notify or call by a nod, or a motion of the head or hand; to intimate a command to..
Pull :: Pull (v. t.) To move or operate by the motion of drawing towards one; as, to pull a bell; to pull an oar..
Boomerang :: Boomerang (n.) A very singular missile weapon used by the natives of Australia and in some parts of India. It is usually a curved stick of hard wood, from twenty to thirty inches in length, from two to three inches wide, and half or three quarters of an inch thick. When thrown from the hand with a quick rotary motion, it describes very remarkable curves, according to the shape of the instrument and the manner of throwing it, often moving nearly horizontally a long distance, then curving upward t
Flutter :: Flutter (n.) The act of fluttering; quick and irregular motion; vibration; as, the flutter of a fan..
Swarm :: Swarm (n.) A large number or mass of small animals or insects, especially when in motion..
Suricat :: Surgy (a.) Rising in surges or billows; full of surges; resembling surges in motion or appearance; swelling.
Feeling :: Feeling (n.) The capacity of the soul for emotional states; a high degree of susceptibility to emotions or states of the sensibility not dependent on the body; as, a man of feeling; a man destitute of feeling..
Stir :: Stir (v. i.) To be in motion; to be active or bustling; to exert or busy one's self.
Phoneidoscope :: Phoneidoscope (n.) An instrument for studying the motions of sounding bodies by optical means. It consists of a tube across the end of which is stretched a film of soap solution thin enough to give colored bands, the form and position of which are affected by sonorous vibrations..
Impenetrability :: Impenetrability (n.) Insusceptibility of intellectual or emotional impression; obtuseness; stupidity; coldness.
Locomotion :: Locomotion (n.) The power of moving from place to place, characteristic of the higher animals and some of the lower forms of plant life..
Breath :: Breath (n.) A very slight breeze; air in gentle motion.
Shaper :: Shaper (n.) A kind of planer in which the tool, instead of the work, receives a reciprocating motion, usually from a crank..
Ferment :: Ferment (v. i.) To be agitated or excited by violent emotions.
Nutation :: Nutation (n.) The motion of a flower in following the apparent movement of the sun, from the east in the morning to the west in the evening..
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