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:
  • change

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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