motion

/mˈoʊʃən/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

noun

the use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals
a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something
a change of position that does not entail a change of location
“the reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his surprise”
a state of change
“they were in a state of steady motion”
a formal proposal for action made to a deliberative assembly for discussion and vote
“he made a motion to adjourn”
the act of changing location from one place to another
“police controlled the motion of the crowd”
an optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object
“the cinema relies on apparent motion”

verb

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