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 |
picking | the act of picking (crops or fruit or hops etc.) |
filming cinematography motion-picture photography | the act of making a film |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences | an academy that gives annual awards for achievements in motion picture production and performance |
moviegoer motion-picture fan | someone who goes to see movies |
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 |
picking pick | the quantity of a crop that is harvested, he sent the first picking of berries to the market, it was the biggest peach pick in years |
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 |
go through the motions | pretend to do something by acting as if one was really doing it, She isn't really working--she's just going through the motions |
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 |