• 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"
• 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"
• the use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals
• 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"
• a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something
• 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"
• a state of change; "they were in a state of steady Motion"
• show, express or direct through movement; "He gestured his desire to leave"

'Motion' in other languages