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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. |
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Power of, or capacity for, motion. |
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Direction of movement; course; tendency; as, the motion of
the planets is from west to east. |
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Change in the relative position of the parts of anything;
action of a machine with respect to the relative movement of its parts. |
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Movement of the mind, desires, or passions; mental act, or
impulse to any action; internal activity. |
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A proposal or suggestion looking to action or progress;
esp., a formal proposal made in a deliberative assembly; as, a motion
to adjourn. |
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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. |
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Change of pitch in successive sounds, whether in the same
part or in groups of parts. |
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A puppet show or puppet. |
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To make a significant movement or gesture, as with the
hand; as, to motion to one to take a seat. |
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To make proposal; to offer plans. |
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To direct or invite by a motion, as of the hand or head;
as, to motion one to a seat. |
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To propose; to move. |
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