"Motion" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL, ENGLISH
In praotice. An occasional application to a court by the parties or their counsel, in order to obtain some rule or order, which becomes necessary either ln the progress of a cause, or summarily and whol-ly unconnected with plenary proceedings. Citizens* SL R. Co. v. Reed, 28 Ind. App. 629, 63 N. E. 770; Low v. Cheney, 3 How. Prac. (N. V.) 287; People v. Ah Sam, 41 Cal. 645; In re Jetter, 78 N. Y. 601
To propose; to move.
A puppet show or puppet.
To make proposal; to offer plans.
The act, process, or state of changing place or position;
movement; the passing of a body from one place or position to another,
whether voluntary or involuntary; -- opposed to rest.
Direction of movement; course; tendency; as, the motion of
the planets is from west to east.
To make a significant movement or gesture, as with the
hand; as, to motion to one to take a seat.
Power of, or capacity for, motion.
Movement of the mind, desires, or passions; mental act, or
impulse to any action; internal activity.
An application made to a court or judge orally in open
court. Its object is to obtain an order or rule directing some act to
be done in favor of the applicant.
To direct or invite by a motion, as of the hand or head;
as, to motion one to a seat.
A proposal or suggestion looking to action or progress;
esp., a formal proposal made in a deliberative assembly; as, a motion
to adjourn.
Change in the relative position of the parts of anything;
action of a machine with respect to the relative movement of its parts.
Change of pitch in successive sounds, whether in the same
part or in groups of parts.
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Articulation, usually that kind of articulation which admits of free motion in the joint; diarthrosis.
Read the complete definitionA small periodical change of position in the stars and other heavenly bodies, due to the combined effect of the …
Read the complete definitionViewed apart from modifying influences or without comparison with other objects; actual; real; -- opposed to relative and comparative; as, …
Read the complete definitionTo cause to move faster; to quicken the motion of; to add to the speed of; -- opposed to retard.
Read the complete definitionThe act of accelerating, or the state of being accelerated; increase of motion or action; as, a falling body moves …
Read the complete definitionVoluntary or spontaneous motion or impulse to act; -- preceded by own; as, of one's own accord.
Read the complete definitionApplied to the case (as the fourth case of Latin and Greek nouns) which expresses the immediate object on which …
Read the complete definitionEffective motion; also, mechanism; as, the breech action of a gun.
Read the complete definitionHaving the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting; -- opposed to passive, that receives; …
Read the complete definitionThe quality of being active; nimbleness; quickness of motion; activity.
Read the complete definitionTo put into action or motion; to move or incite to action; to influence actively; to move as motives do; …
Read the complete definitionPertaining to the force of air in motion.
Read the complete definitionFig.: In motion; in action; astir; in progress.
Read the complete definitionHaving the faculty of quick motion in the limbs; apt or ready to move; nimble; active; as, an agile boy; …
Read the complete definitionThe quality of being agile; the power of moving the limbs quickly and easily; nimbleness; activity; quickness of motion; as, …
Read the complete definitionIn motion; in the act of going; as, to set a mill agoing.
Read the complete definitionThe artificial motion or carriage of a horse.
Read the complete definitionAir in motion; a light breeze; a gentle wind.
Read the complete definitionalig-ig v [A; a] {1} separate coarse and fine grains by shaking them on a tray. A jerking motion is …
Read the complete definitionExhibiting the activity and motion of many living beings; swarming; thronged.
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