| Pronunciation: | | `lowku'mowshun
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- [n] self-propelled movement
- [n] the power or ability to move
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| | Synonyms: | | motive power, motivity, travel |
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| | See Also: | | brachiation, circle, circuit, crawl, crawling, creep, creeping, dance step, gait, jog, lap, lope, mobility, motion, move, movement, run, running, step, stroke, trot, walk, walking |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Lo`co*mo"tion\, n. [L. locus place + motio motion:
cf. F. locomotion. See {Local}, and {Motion}.]
1. The act of moving from place to place. `` Animal
locomotion.'' --Milton.
2. The power of moving from place to place, characteristic of
the higher animals and some of the lower forms of plant
life.
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| | Related Terms: | | commutation, course, crossing, globe-trotting, going, journeying, mobility, motility, motion, motive power, motivity, movableness, movement, moving, passage, progress, tourism, touristry, traject, trajet, transit, travel, traveling |
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