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.
Power of, or capacity for,
motion.
Direction of movement; course; tendency;
as, the motion of the planets is from west to east.
Change in the relative position of the
parts of anything; action of a machine with respect to the relative
movement of its parts.
Movement of the mind, desires, or
passions; mental act, or impulse to any action; internal
activity.
A proposal or suggestion looking to action
or progress; esp., a formal proposal made in a deliberative assembly;
as, a motion to adjourn.
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.
Change of pitch in
successive sounds, whether in the same part or in groups of
parts.
A puppet show or puppet.
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