Definitions for Motion
ˈmoʊ ʃənmo·tion

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.0 / 3 votes

1. gesture, motionnoun

   the use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals

2. movement, motionnoun

   a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something

3. motion, movement, move, motilitynoun

   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"

4. motionnoun

   a state of change

   "they were in a state of steady motion"

5. motion, questionnoun

   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"

6. motion, movement, movenoun

   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"

7. apparent motion, motion, apparent movement, movementverb

   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"

8. gesticulate, gesture, motionverb

   show, express or direct through movement

   "He gestured his desire to leave"

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.7 / 3 votes

1. motionnoun

   A state of progression from one place to another.

2. motionnoun

   A change of position with respect to time.

3. motionnoun

   A change from one place to another.

4. motionnoun

   A parliamentary action to propose something.

   The motion to amend is now open for discussion.

5. motionnoun

   An entertainment or show, especially a puppet show.

6. motionnoun

   from u03BAu03AFu03BDu03B7u03C3u03B9u03C2; any change. Traditionally of four types: generation and corruption, alteration, augmentation and diminution, and change of place.

7. motionverb

   To gesture indicating a desired movement.

   He motioned for me to come closer.

8. motionverb

   To introduce a motion in parliamentary procedure.

9. Etymology: From motion, mocion, motion, and their source, motio.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. MOTIONnoun

   Etymology: motion, French; motio, Latin.

   1. The act of changing place.2. Manner of moving the body; port; gait.

   Virtue too, as well as vice, is clad
   In flesh and blood so well, that Plato had
   Beheld, what his high fancy once embrac’d,
   Virtue with colours, speech and motion grac’d. Edmund Waller.

   3. Change of posture; action.

   Encourag’d thus she brought her younglings nigh,
   Watching the motions of her patron’s eye. Dryden.

   4. Tendency of the mind; thought.

   Let a good man obey every good motion rising in his heart, knowing that every such motion proceeds from God. South.

   5. Proposal made.

   He compassed a motion of the prodigal son, and married a tinker’s wife within a mile where my land lies. William Shakespeare.

   What would you with me?
   —— Your father and my uncle have made motions; if it be my luck, so; if not, happy man be his dole. William Shakespeare.

   If our queen and this young prince agree,
   I’ll join my younger daughter, and my joy,
   To him forthwith, in holy wedlock bands.
   —— Yes, I agree, and thank you for your motion. William Shakespeare.

   6. Impulse communicated.

   Whether that motion, vitality and operation, were by incubation, or how else, the manner is only known to God. Ral.

   Carnality within raises all the combustion without: this is the great wheel to which the clock owes it motion. Dec. of Pi.

   Love awakes the sleepy vigour of the soul,
   And brushing o’er adds motion to the pool. Dryden.

2. To Motionverb

   To propose.

   Etymology: from the noun.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Motion

   In physics, motion is the phenomenon in which an object changes its position over time. Motion is mathematically described in terms of displacement, distance, velocity, acceleration, speed, and time. The motion of a body is observed by attaching a frame of reference to an observer and measuring the change in position of the body relative to that frame with change in time. The branch of physics describing the motion of objects without reference to its cause is kinematics; the branch studying forces and their effect on motion is dynamics. If an object is not changing relatively to a given frame of reference, the object is said to be at rest, motionless, immobile, stationary, or to have a constant or time-invariant position with reference to its surroundings. As there is no absolute frame of reference, absolute motion cannot be determined. Thus, everything in the universe can be considered to be in motion.Motion applies to various physical systems: to objects, bodies, matter particles, matter fields, radiation, radiation fields, radiation particles, curvature and space-time. One can also speak of motion of images, shapes and boundaries. So, the term motion, in general, signifies a continuous change in the positions or configuration of a physical system in space. For example, one can talk about motion of a wave or about motion of a quantum particle, where the configuration consists of probabilities of occupying specific positions. The main quantity that measures the motion of a body is momentum. An object's momentum increases with the object's mass and with its velocity. The total momentum of all objects in an isolated system (one not affected by external forces) does not change with time, as described by the law of conservation of momentum. An object's motion, and thus its momentum, cannot change unless a force acts on the body.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Motionnoun

   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

2. Motionnoun

   power of, or capacity for, motion

3. Motionnoun

   direction of movement; course; tendency; as, the motion of the planets is from west to east

4. Motionnoun

   change in the relative position of the parts of anything; action of a machine with respect to the relative movement of its parts

5. Motionnoun

   movement of the mind, desires, or passions; mental act, or impulse to any action; internal activity

6. Motionnoun

   a proposal or suggestion looking to action or progress; esp., a formal proposal made in a deliberative assembly; as, a motion to adjourn

7. Motionnoun

   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

8. Motionnoun

   change of pitch in successive sounds, whether in the same part or in groups of parts

9. Motionnoun

   a puppet show or puppet

10. Motionverb

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

11. Motionverb

    to make proposal; to offer plans

12. Motionverb

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

13. Motionverb

    to propose; to move

FreebaseRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. Motion

   In physics, motion is a change in position of an object with respect to time and its reference point. Motion is typically described in terms of displacement, velocity, acceleration, and time. Motion is observed by attaching a frame of reference to a body and measuring its change in position relative to another reference frame. A body which does not move is said to be at rest, motionless, immobile, stationary, or to have constant position. An object's motion cannot change unless it is acted upon by a force, as described by Newton's first law. An object's momentum is directly related to the object's mass and velocity, and the total momentum of all objects in a closed system does not change with time, as described by the law of conservation of momentum. As there is no absolute frame of reference, absolute motion cannot be determined. Thus, everything in the universe can be considered to be moving. More generally, the term motion signifies a continuous change in the configuration of a physical system. For example, one can talk about motion of a wave or a quantum particle where the configuration consists of probabilities of occupying specific positions.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Motion

   mō′shun, n. the act or state of moving: a single movement: change of posture: gait: power of moving or of being moved: angular velocity—direct when from west to east; retrograde when from east to west: excitement of the mind: any natural impulse, instigation: proposal made, esp. in an assembly: an application to a court, during a case before it, for an order or rule that something be done, esp. something incidental to the progress of the cause rather than its issue: evacuation of the intestine: (pl., B.) impulses.—v.i. to make a significant movement, to offer a proposal.—v.t. to guide by a gesture, &c.: to move.—adj. Mō′tile, capable of spontaneous motion.—n. Motil′ity.—adj. Mo′tional, characterised by motions.—n. Mō′tionist, one who makes a motion.—adj. Mō′tionless, without motion.—Absolute motion, change of absolute place; Accelerated motion, motion of which the velocity is continually increasing; Angular motion, motion regarded as measured by the increase of the angle made with some standard direction by a line drawn from the moving object to a fixed point; Laws of motion, Newton's three laws: (1) Every body continues in its state of rest, or of uniform motion in a straight line, except so far as it may be compelled by force to change that state; (2) Change of motion is proportional to force applied, and takes place in the direction of the straight line in which the force acts; (3) To every action there is always an equal and contrary reaction; Parallel motion (see Parallel); Perpetual motion (see Perpetual); Quantity of motion, momentum. [Fr.,—L.,—movēre, mōtum, to move.]

U.S. National Library of MedicineRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Motion

   Physical motion, i.e., a change in position of a body or subject as a result of an external force. It is distinguished from MOVEMENT, a process resulting from biological activity.

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. motion

   Change of place; it is termed direct, in the sky, when it is in the direction of the earth's annual revolution; retrograde, when it proceeds contrary to these conditions; by sidereal is meant the motion of a body with respect to the fixed stars.--Tropical motion is the movement of a body in respect to the equinox or tropic, which has itself a slow motion among the stars, as shown under precession. (See PROPER MOTION.)--Motion, in mechanics, is either simple or compound, as one or more powers are used. The momentum of a moving body, or quantity of motion, arises from its velocity multiplied into the quantity of matter it contains.

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. motion

   Each movement in the manual of arms is divided into motions to facilitate instruction of recruits.

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1. motion

   A formal proposal for action within a form of unity assembly, unity council, unity legislature, unity senate, unity house of representatives, unity government, local unity government, regional unity government, national unity government, european unity government and international unity government.

   The member of unity government created a motion for the consideration of the government.

   
   

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   motion

   A natural movement.

   The motion of the aircraft is calm and stable.

   
   

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1. motion

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Matched Categories

1. • Change
   • Communicate
   • Happening
   • Proposal
   • State
   • Visual Communication

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Motion' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2862

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Motion' in Written Corpus Frequency: #692

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Motion' in Nouns Frequency: #883

How to pronounce Motion?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Motion in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Motion in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of Motion in a Sentence

1. Deputy Foreign Minister George Katrougkalos:

   If they believe this( that the government does not have the legitimacy), they have the means... to question it with a no-confidence motion. Why aren't they doing it ?

2. Lupita Nyong:

   As an actor for films, your eyes are a lot of the way you communicate anyway, so it was definitely a gift to have that be the means to her magic as a motion-capture character.

3. Joel Schwartz:

   It was a motion to disqualify (Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner) based on the appearance of impropriety. Essentially that she politicized these charges.

4. Steven Spielberg:

   I don't usually get intimidated by technology, i usually try and be at the forefront of technology, but this time I was in the wake of it. It took me a couple of weeks to get my sea legs to really realize how I could best utilize the medium of motion capture.

5. Chris Goldfinger:

   Cascadia can make an earthquake almost 30 times more energetic than the San Andreas to start with, and then it generates a tsunami at the same time, which the side-by-side motion of the San Andreas can't do.

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