motion; movement; move; motility
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"Type of:Types:- abduction
- adduction
- agitation
- body English
- circumduction
- disturbance
- fetal movement; foetal movement
- flit; dart
- gesture
- headshake; headshaking
- inclination; inclining
- inversion; eversion; everting
- inversion; upending
- jerk; jerking; jolt; saccade
- kick; kicking
- kneel; kneeling
- lurch; pitch; pitching
- eye movement
- opening
- prostration
- reach; reaching; stretch
- reciprocation
- reclining
- retraction
- retroflection; retroflexion
- rotation; rotary motion
- shutting; closing
- sitting
- sitting; posing
- snap
- squat; squatting
- sweep
- toss
- vibration; quiver; quivering
- wave
- waver; flutter; flicker
- standing
- straddle; span
- stroke
- wiggle; wriggle; squirm
- eurythmy; eurhythmy; eurythmics; eurhythmics
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