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Meaning of motion


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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  motion
      n 1: the use of movements (especially of the hands) to
           communicate familiar or prearranged signals [syn:
           {gesture}, {motion}]
      2: a natural event that involves a change in the position or
         location of something [syn: {movement}, {motion}]
      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: {motion},
         {movement}, {move}, {motility}]
      4: a state of change; "they were in a state of steady motion"
         [ant: {lifelessness}, {motionlessness}, {stillness}]
      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: {motion}, {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: {motion}, {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},
         {motion}, {apparent movement}, {movement}]
      v 1: show, express or direct through movement; "He gestured his
           desire to leave" [syn: {gesticulate}, {gesture}, {motion}]


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