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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"

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

a state of change; "they were in a state of steady motion"

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"

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"

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

a state of change; "they were in a state of steady motion"

Power of, or capacity for, motion.

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

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.

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.

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

To propose; to move.

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.

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.

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.

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

To propose; to move.

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.

During a lawsuit, a request to the judge for a decision--called an order or ruling--to resolve procedural or other issues that come up during litigation. For example, after receiving hundreds of irrelevant interrogatories, a party might file a motion asking that the other side be ordered to stop engaging in unduly burdensome discovery. A motion can be made before, during or after trial. Typically, one party submits a written motion to the court, at which point the other party has the opportunity to file a written response. The court then often schedules a hearing at which each side delivers a short oral argument. The court then approves or denies the motion. Most motions cannot be appealed until the case is over.

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.

The act, process, or state of changing place; the changing of position; a gesture; action, as opposed to rest; impulse or desire; a formal proposal made in a meeting of a society, etc.; as, a motion to adjourn is in order.

To make a movement or gesture full of meaning; as, to motion to someone to come forward.

To guide or invite by a gesture; as, to motion someone to come forward.

Motionless.

Motionless.

Change of position; a movement; gesture.

A proposition to be voted on.

Motionless.

Change of place or of local position; animal life and action; the passing of a body from one place to another, as opposed to rest; manner of moving the body; change of posture; impulse communicated; tendency of the mind; internal action, as of the bowels; a proposal made at a meeting or an assembly; in a locomotive engine, the cross-head, cross-head guides, and the blocks, taken as a whole, are called "the motion".

To make a significant movement with the hands.

1. Movement, change of place. 2. Specifically, a movement of the bowels, defecation. 3. The matter discharged from the rectum, a stool.

Act of moving from place to place. Fecal discharge.

The act or state of moving: a single movement: change of posture: gait: power of motion: excitement of the mind: proposal made, esp. in an assembly:-in pl. (B.) impulses.

To make a significant movement.

Act or state of moving; proposal.

Act of moving; change of position; the passing of a body from one place to another; a movement; power of movement; impulse: a proposition made in a deliberative assembly; action of the bowels.

To make a significant movement or gesture, as with the hand; to make proposals. See Move. Motion in court, an occasional application of the court, by the parties or their counsel, for the purpose of obtaining some rule or order of court which becomes necessary in the progress of a cause. Quantity of motion, the product of the mass or moving body by the velocity. Absolute motion, that which is independent of any other motion or retarding power. Angular motion, the motion of a body as referred to a centre about which it revolves. Accelerated motions, those which are continually increasing or diminishing in velocity, while equable motion continues uniform. Laws of motion, three axioms, which have been shown by Sir Isaac Newton, as follows:- (1) every body perseveres in its state of rest, or uniform motion in a straight line, until a change is effected by the agency of some external force; (2) any change effected in the quiescence or motion of a body, is in the direction of the force impressed, and is proportional to it in quantity; and (3) action and reaction are equal and in contrary directions.

The act of changing place. The various motions may be divided into, - First, the voluntary or those that are executed under the influence of the brain. Secondly, the involuntary, which may be subdivided into, 1. The excited, of the reflex function of Dr. Marshall Hall and others, - as the closure of the larynx on the contact of acrid vapours, of the pharynx on that of the food, - a function of the spinal marrow; and, 2. Those that are executed under the organic and other nerves of involuntary function. It is probable, too, that every living tissue is capable of moving responsive to its appropriate irritant. See Irritability.

The act of moving.

Continuous change of place or position. [Lat.]

n. [Latin] Act or process of changing place; movement, as opposed to rest;- animal life and action; - manner of moving the body; port; gait; air;- military march; advance or retreat;- agitation, as of the sea;- internal action; excitement, as of the breast; hence, tumult; stir; commotion;- impulse communicated; impetus;- direction; tendency;- evacuation of the bowels;- proposal made in a deliberative assembly or public meeting.