elaboration
working out | developing in intricate and painstaking detail |
| motion movement move | 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 |
progress
progression
procession advance
advancement forward motion
onward motion | the act of moving forward (as toward a goal) |
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 |
rotation
rotary motion | the act of rotating as if on an axis, the rotation of the dancer kept time with the music |
time and motion study
time-and-motion study
time-motion study
motion study
time study
work study | an analysis of a specific job in an effort to find the most efficient method in terms of time and effort |
filming
cinematography
motion-picture photography | the act of making a film |
| working dog | any of several breeds of usually large powerful dogs bred to work as draft animals and guard and guide dogs |
motion-picture camera
movie camera
cineamera | a camera that takes a sequence of photographs that can give the illusion of motion when viewed in rapid succession |
motion-picture film
movie film
cine-film | photographic film several hundred feet long and wound on a spool, to be used in a movie camera |
| perpetual motion machine | a machine that can continue to do work indefinitely without drawing energy from some external source, impossible under the law of conservation of energy |
working
workings | a mine or quarry that is being or has been worked |
| working memory | memory for intermediate results that must be held during thinking |
working principle
working rule | a rule that is adequate to permit work to be done |
Kepler's law
Kepler's law of planetary motion | (astronomy) one of three empirical laws of planetary motion stated by Johannes Kepler |
Newton's law of motion
Newton's law
law of motion | one of three basic laws of classical mechanics |
first law of motion
Newton's first law of motion
Newton's first law | a body remains at rest or in motion with a constant velocity unless acted upon by an external force |
second law of motion
Newton's second law of motion
Newton's second law | the rate of change of momentum is proportional to the imposed force and goes in the direction of the force |
third law of motion
Newton's third law of motion
Newton's third law
law of action and reaction | action and reaction are equal and opposite |
working papers
work papers
work permit | a legal document giving information required for employment of certain people in certain countries |
a movie
film picture moving picture
moving-picture show
motion picture
motion-picture show
picture show
pic
flick | a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement, they went to a movie every Saturday night, the film was shot on location |
| slow motion | a movie that apparently takes place at a slower than normal speed, achieved by taking the film at a faster rate |
| working papers | records kept of activities involved in carrying out a project, the auditor was required to produce his working papers |
| working agreement | an informal agreement to work together |
gesture
motion | the use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals |
| motion question | a formal proposal for action made to a deliberative assembly for discussion and vote, he made a motion to adjourn, she called for the question |
movement
motion | a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something |
periodic motion
periodic movement | motion that recurs over and over and the period of time required for each recurrence remains the same |
| harmonic motion | a periodic motion in which the displacement is either symmetrical about a point or is the sum of such motions |
| simple harmonic motion | periodic motion in which the restoring force is proportional to the displacement |
axial rotation
axial motion
roll | rotary motion of an object around its own axis, wheels in axial rotation |
orbital rotation
orbital motion | motion of an object in an orbit around a fixed point, satellites in orbital rotation |
labor
labour
working class
proletariat | a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages, there is a shortage of skilled labor in this field |
| Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences | an academy that gives annual awards for achievements in motion picture production and performance |
working group
working party | a group of people working together temporarily until some goal is achieved, the working group was supposed to report back in two weeks |
moviegoer
motion-picture fan | someone who goes to see movies |
c prostitute
cocotte
whore
harlot
bawd
tart
cyprian fancy woman working girl sporting lady
lady of pleasure
woman of the street | a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money |
| working girl | a young woman who is employed |
workman
workingman
working man
working person | an employee who performs manual or industrial labor |
apparent motion
motion
apparent movement
movement | 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 |
Brownian movement
Brownian motion
pedesis | the random motion of small particles suspended in a gas or liquid |
| capital working capital | assets available for use in the production of further assets |
| motion | a state of change, they were in a state of steady motion |
| perpetual motion | motion that continues indefinitely without any external source of energy, impossible in practice because of friction |
motion sickness
kinetosis | the state of being dizzy or nauseated because of the motions that occur while traveling in or on a moving vehicle |
workday
working day | the amount of time that a worker must work for an agreed daily wage, they work an -hour day |
| workday working day work day | a day on which work is done |
move
make a motion | propose formally, in a debate or parliamentary meeting |
gesticulate
gesture
motion | show, express or direct through movement, He gestured his desire to leave |
| launch set in motion | get going, give impetus to, launch a career, Her actions set in motion a complicated judicial process |