motion
noun
[ ˈməʊʃ(ə)n ]
• the action or process of moving or being moved.
• "the laws of planetary motion"
Similar:
movement,
moving,
locomotion,
rise and fall,
shifting,
stirring,
to and fro,
toing and froing,
coming and going,
progress,
passage,
passing,
transit,
course,
flow,
going,
travel,
travelling,
motility,
mobility,
• a formal proposal put to a legislature or committee.
• "opposition parties tabled a no-confidence motion"
• an evacuation of the bowels.
• "73% of the patients had fewer than three bowel motions a day"
motion
verb
• direct or command (someone) with a movement of the hand or head.
• "he motioned Dennis to a plush chair"
• propose for discussion and resolution at a meeting or legislative assembly.
• "a resolution, motioned by Adam Tyler, proposed that members without a CCL could still belong to the association"
Origin:
late Middle English: via Old French from Latin motio(n- ), from movere ‘to move’.
in motion
• moving.
• "flowing blonde hair that was constantly in motion"
