Australian English Meaning of motion

movement

Other Australian English words related to movement

Definitions and Meaning of motion in English

Wordnet

motion (n)

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

a state of change

a formal proposal for action made to a deliberative assembly for discussion and vote

the act of changing location from one place to another

an optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object

Wordnet

motion (v)

show, express or direct through movement

Webster

motion (n.)

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.

Webster

motion (v. i.)

To make a significant movement or gesture, as with the hand; as, to motion to one to take a seat.

To make proposal; to offer plans.

Webster

motion (v. t.)

To direct or invite by a motion, as of the hand or head; as, to motion one to a seat.

To propose; to move.

FAQs About the word motion

movement

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 locatio

move,movement,Relocation,shift,shifting,flapping,stir,Stirring,dislocation,fiddling

Immobility,inertia,Motionlessness,pause,stillness,termination,cessation,discontinuance,ending,expiry

motility => motility, motilin => motilin, motile => motile, motific => motive, motif => motif,