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movement |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Movement \Move"ment\, n. [F. mouvement. See {Move}, and cf {Moment}.] 1. The act of moving change of place or posture; transference, by any means from one situation to another; natural or appropriate motion; progress; advancement; as the movement of an army in marching or maneuvering; the movement of a wheel or a machine; the party of movement. 2. Motion of the mind or feelings; emotion. 3. Manner or style of moving as a slow, or quick, or sudden, movement. 4. (Mus.) a The rhythmical progression, pace, and tempo of a piece. ``Any change of time is a change of movement.'' --Busby. b One of the several strains or pieces, each complete in itself with its own time and rhythm, which make up a larger work as the several movements of a suite or a symphony. 5. (Mech.) A system of mechanism for transmitting motion of a definite character, or for transforming motion; as the wheelwork of a watch. {Febrille movement} (Med.), an elevation of the body temperature; a fever. {Movement cure}. (Med.) See {Kinesiatrics}. {Movement of the bowels}, an evacuation or stool; a passage or discharge. Syn: Motion. Usage: {Movement}, {Motion}. Motion expresses a general idea of not being at rest; movement is oftener used to express a definite, regulated motion, esp. a progress. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: movement n 1: a change of position that does not entail a change of location; "the reflex movements of his eyebrows revealed his surprise"; [syn: {motion}, {move}] 2: the act of changing your 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" [syn: {motion}, {move}] 3: a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something [syn: {motion}] 4: a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals; "he was a charter member of the movement"; "politicians have to respect a mass movement"; "he led the national liberation front" [syn: {front}] 5: a major self-contained part of a symphony or sonata; "the second movement is slow and melodic" 6: a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end "he supported populist campaigns"; "they worked in the cause of world peace"; "the team was ready for a drive toward the pennant"; "the movement to end slavery"; "contributed to the war effort" [syn: {campaign}, {cause}, {crusade}, {drive}, {effort}] 7: 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" [syn: {apparent motion}, {motion}, {apparent movement}] 8: a euphemism for defecation; "he had a bowel movement" [syn: {bowel movement}, {bm}] 9: the driving and regulating parts of a mechanism (as of a watch or clock); "it was an expensive watch with a diamond movement" 10: the act of changing the location of something "the movement of cargo onto the vessel"
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