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 |
photography picture taking | the act of taking and printing photographs |
filming cinematography motion-picture photography | the act of making a film |
go-slow | a form of protest by workers in which they deliberately slow down in order to cause problem from their employers |
slow virus | a virus that remains dormant in the body for a long time before symptoms appear, kuru is caused by a slow virus |
slow loris Nycticebus tardigradua Nycticebus pygmaeus | stocky lemur of southeastern Asia |
cinema movie theater movie theatre movie house picture palace | a theater where films are shown |
face card picture card court card | one of the twelve cards in a deck bearing a picture of a face |
gallery art gallery picture gallery | a room or series of rooms where works of art are exhibited |
Identikit Identikit picture | a likeness of a person's face constructed from descriptions given to police, uses a set of transparencies of various facial features that can be combined to build up a picture of the person sought |
kinescope picture tube television tube | a cathodeay tube in a television receiver, translates the received signal into a picture on a luminescent screen |
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 |
painting picture | graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface, a small painting by Picasso, he bought the painting as an investment, his pictures hang in the Louvre |
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 |
photograph photo exposure picture pic | a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide, recorded by a camera on light-sensitive material |
picture image icon ikon | a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface, they showed us the pictures of their wedding, a movie is a series of images projected so rapidly that the eye integrates them |
picture book | a book consisting chiefly of pictures |
picture frame | a framework in which a picture is mounted |
picture hat | a woman's dressy hat with a wide brim |
picture rail | rail fixed to a wall for hanging pictures |
picture window | a large window with a single pane (usually overlooking a view) |
pixel pel picture element | (computer science) the smallest discrete component of an image or picture on a CRT screen (usually a colored dot), the greater the number of pixels per inch the greater the resolution |
roentgenogram X ray Xay Xay picture Xay photograph | a radiogram made by exposing photographic film to X rays, used in medical diagnosis |
slow lane | the traffic lane for vehicles that are moving slowly |
slow match | match or fuse made to burn slowly and evenly |
stereo stereoscopic picture stereoscopic photograph | two photographs taken from slightly different angles that appear three-dimensional when viewed together |
wedding picture | photographs of bride and groom and their friends taken at their wedding |
denseness dumbness slow-wittedness | the quality of being mentally slow and limited |
picture | a typical example of some state or quality, the very picture of a modern general, she was the picture of despair |
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 |
memory picture | a memory image that is similar to a visual perception |
mental picture picture impression | a clear and telling mental image, he described his mental picture of his assailant, he had no clear picture of himself or his world, the events left a permanent impression in his mind |
video picture | the visible part of a television transmission, they could still receive the sound but the picture was gone |
picture writing | a writing system using pictographs |
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 |
silent movie silent picture silents | a movie without a soundtrack |
slow motion | a movie that apparently takes place at a slower than normal speed, achieved by taking the film at a faster rate |
talking picture talkie | a movie with synchronized speech and singing |
picture postcard | a postcard with a picture on one side |
gesture motion | the use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals |
picture pictorial matter | illustrations used to decorate or explain a text, the dictionary had many pictures |