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motion

English

🔊 the act of changing location from one place to another
“police controlled the motion of the crowd”
🔊 a change of position that does not entail a change of location
“the reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his surprise”
🔊 a formal proposal for action made to a deliberative assembly for discussion and vote
“he made a motion to adjourn”
🔊 a state of change
“they were in a state of steady motion”
🔊 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
🔊 an optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object
“the cinema relies on apparent motion”
🔊 show, express or direct through movement
“He gestured his desire to leave”