noun. 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 |
noun. 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 |
noun. a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something |
noun. a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals he was a charter member of the movement|politicians have to respect a mass movement|he led the national liberation front |
noun. a major self-contained part of a symphony or sonata the second movement is slow and melodic |
noun. a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end he supported populist campaigns|they worked in the cause of world peace|the team was ready for a drive toward the pennant|the movement to end slavery|contributed to the war effort |
noun. 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 |
noun. a euphemism for defecation he had a bowel movement |
noun. a general tendency to change (as of opinion) not openly liberal but that is the trend of the book|a broad movement of the electorate to the right |
noun. the driving and regulating parts of a mechanism (as of a watch or clock) it was an expensive watch with a diamond movement |
noun. the act of changing the location of something the movement of cargo onto the vessel |
