motion
Roget category 264
2. Words relating to space› 2.4. Motion
›› 2.4.1. Motion in general
#264.
[Successive change of place.]
Motion
noun
motion,
movement,
move —
going
etc.
v. —
unrest.
stream,
flow,
flux,
run,
course,
stir —
evolution —
kinematics —
telekinesis.
step,
rate,
pace,
tread,
stride,
gait,
port,
footfall,
cadence,
carriage,
velocity,
angular velocity —
clip,
progress,
locomotion —
journey
etc.
266 —
voyage
etc.
267 —
transit
etc.
270.
restlessness
etc.
(changeableness)
149 —
mobility —
movableness,
motive power —
laws of motion —
mobilization.
verb
be in motion
etc.
adj. —
move,
go,
hie,
gang,
budge,
stir,
pass,
flit —
hover about,
hover round,
hover about —
shift,
slide,
glide —
roll,
roll on —
flow,
stream,
run,
drift,
sweep along —
wander
etc.
(deviate)
279 —
walk
etc.
266 —
change one's place,
shift one's place,
change one's quarters,
shift one's quarters —
dodge —
keep going,
keep moving —
put in motion,
set in motion —
move —
impel
etc.
276 —
propel
etc.
284 —
render movable,
mobilize.
adjective
moving
etc.
v. —
in motion —
transitional —
motory†,
motive —
shifting,
movable,
mobile,
mercurial,
unquiet —
restless
etc.
(changeable)
149 —
nomadic
etc.
266 —
erratic
etc.
279.
adverb
under way —
on the move,
on the wing,
on the tramp,
on the march.
phrase
eppur si muove
[Galileo];
es bildet ein Talent sich in der Stille [G.],
sich ein Charakter in dem Strom der Welt [G.].
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