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movement
has definitions from the fields of music,fine art,physics,film,biology
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[ noun ] a change of position that does not entail a change of location
Examples "the reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his surprise" "movement is a sign of life" "an impatient move of his hand" "gastrointestinal motility" Used in print (The Christian Science Monitor,...)In an hour remembered for its almost rudderless movement , a score of jazz luminaries went before the cameras for lengthy periods . (The Providence Journal...)Just as exciting but in a more technically proficient way is Laura_Stuart , whose complete control of her every movement is lovely to watch . Wallace_Gray has directed a difficult play here , usually well , but with just a_bit too much physical movement in the first act for my taste . (Mr. America, 4:6...)Mr._Claude is a specialist in torso development and he has long favored the now famous Weider_Push-Pull_Super-Set technique in which one exercise of the Super-Set is a pressing or `` pushing '' movement which accents one sector of a muscle group in a specific way , followed by a `` pulling '' exercise which works the opposing sector of the same muscle group . After you have taken_a_breather , reverse the position of your legs so_that the front thigh of the previous exercise is now to the rear , and the rear thigh now to the front , and perform the same movement in the same manner . Related terms change gesture wave rotation reach shutting lurch sitting disturbance squat sitting opening jerk waver twist vibration reclining straddle standing wiggle dart prostration headshake reciprocation toss inclination inversion body_English agitation abduction inversion circumduction sweep stroke kneel fetal_movement kick nystagmus retraction snap adduction eurhythmics eurhythmics retroflection move |
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[ noun ] the act of changing your location from one place to another
Examples "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" Used in print (Robert A. Futterman, The Future of Our Cities....)This movement of industry away from the central_cities is not so catastrophically new as some prophets seem to believe . (E. Lucas Myers, "The Vindication of Dr. Nestor,"...)The doctor , he noticed , was attempting a transverse movement towards the stairs , but before the movement could be completed a distinct and audible cluck ruffled the air in the hollow of the stair-well . The doctor , he noticed , was attempting a transverse movement towards the stairs , but before the movement could be completed a distinct and audible cluck ruffled the air in the hollow of the stair-well . |
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[ noun ] a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something
Synonyms Used in print (Joyce O. Hertzler, American Social Institutions;...)Man has the experience of being helpfully allied_with what he cannot fully understand ; he is a coordinate part of all_of the mysterious energy and being and movement . (William S. Haymond, "Is Distance an Original...)The supposed tactual sense of spatial location and orientation in the patient and his ability to specify the location of a member , as_well_as the direction and scope of a movement , passively executed ( with one of his members ) , proved to have been , on_the_contrary , very considerably affected '' . Instead , he constantly became lost in parts and components of them , confused some of their details with those of neighboring objects , and_so_on , unless he allowed time to `` trace '' the object in_question through minute movements of the head and hands and in this way to discover its contours . This meant , concretely , that the patient could not read at_all without making writing like movements of the head or body , became easily confused by `` hasher_marks '' inserted between hand-written words and thus confused the mark for one of the letters , and could recognize a simple straight_line or a curved one only by tracing it . Then he might finally recognize it , apparently by combining the visual blot , actually being seen , with tactual feelings in_the_head or body accompanying the tracing movements . |
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[ noun ] a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals
Synonyms Examples "he was a charter member of the movement" "politicians have to respect a mass movement" "he led the national liberation front" Used in print (Brainard Cheney, "Christianity and the Tragic Vision-Ut...)American democratic thought , pointed_up the relation between the Protestant movement in_this country and the development of a social religion , which he called the American Democratic Faith . |
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[ noun ] a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
Examples "he supported populist campaigns" "they worked in the cause of world peace" "the team was ready for a drive toward the pennant" "the movement to end slavery" Used in print (Bern Dibner, "Oerstad and the Discovery of Electro...)His broad interest in literary , political , and philosophical movements opened many doors to him . (Newton Stallknecht, "Ideas and Literature," in Newton S...)Let us survey for a moment the development of modern thought - turning our attention from the Reformation toward the revolutionary and romantic movements that follow and dwelling finally on more recent decades . (Morton A. Kaplan and Nicholas de B. Katzenbach,...)In municipal systems we tend to view what is called positivism as fundamentally a movement to democratize policy by increasing the power of parliament - the elected representatives - at the expense of the more conservative judiciary . |
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[ noun ] (music,fine art) a major self-contained part of a symphony or sonata
Examples "the second movement is slow and melodic" Used in print (High Fidelity, 11:10...)Moreover , the piece is written in five movements , rather_than the conventional four of most quintets , and this gives the opus a serenade or divertimento flavor . There is a break in continuity just before the fourth variation in the `` Forellen '' movement , and I suspect that this is_due to imperfect splicing between sides of the original SPs . Why , for_example , does he favor two tempos , rather than one , for the third movement ? (Leo Lemon, "Catch Up With" and "Something to...)A major portion of the credit should also go to flautist Haumd for his rendering of the almost impossible `` Indianapolis '' movement in the Baslot . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (physics,film) an optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object
Synonyms Examples "the cinema relies on apparent motion" "the succession of flashing lights gave an illusion of movement" Used in print (Frank Getlein and Harold C. Gardiner, S.J., Movies,...)Movement itself was the chief and often the only attraction of the primitive movies of the nineties . As_long_as audiences came to see the movement , there seemed little reason to adventure further . Linking the smoothly changing images together , the eye itself endows them with the illusion of movement . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (biology) a euphemism for defecation
Synonyms Examples "he had a bowel movement" Related terms |
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[ noun ] a general tendency to change (as of opinion)
Examples "not openly liberal but that is the trend of the book" "a broad movement of the electorate to the right" Related terms |
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[ noun ] the act of changing the location of something
Examples "the movement of cargo onto the vessel" Related terms change transportation lowering transplant insertion troop_movement deracination move |
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