| 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 |
multiplication
times | an arithmetic operation that is the inverse of division, the product of two numbers is computed, the multiplication of four by three gives twelve, four times three equals twelve |
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 |
| Times Square | the area of Manhattan around the intersection of Broadway and Seventh Avenue, heart of the New York theater district, site of annual celebration of New Year's |
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 |
| 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 |
| times | a more or less definite period of time now or previously present, it was a sign of the times |
modern times
present times
modern world
contemporary world | the circumstances and ideas of the present age, in modern times like these |
| Roman times | the time period during which Rome dominated Europe |
past
past times
yesteryear | the time that has elapsed, forget the past |
| hard times | a time of difficulty |
auld langsyne
langsyne
old times
good old days | past times remembered with nostalgia |
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 |
preset
predetermined | set in advance, a preset plan of action, at a predetermined time |
occasionally
on occasion
once in a while
now and then
now and again
at times
from time to time | now and then or here and there, he was arrogant and occasionally callous, open areas are only occasionally interrupted by clumps of trees, they visit New York on occasion, now and again she would take her favorite book from the shelf and read to us, as we drove along, the beautiful scenery now and then attracted his attention |
thousand-fold
thousand times | by three orders of magnitude, this poison is a thousand-fold more toxic |
fourfold
four times | by a factor of four, the price of gasoline has increased fourfold over the past two years |
millionfold
a million times | by a factor of a million, it increased a millionfold |
hundredfold
a hundred times | by a factor of one hundred, they money increased a hundredfold |
ninefold
nine times | by a factor of nine, my investment has increased ninefold |
sixfold
six times | by a factor of six, the population of this town increased sixfold when gold was found in the surrounding hills |