motion

  • 51motion — n. & v. n. 1 the act or process of moving or of changing position. 2 a particular manner of moving the body in walking etc. 3 a change of posture. 4 a gesture. 5 a formal proposal put to a committee, legislature, etc. 6 Law an application for a… …

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  • 52Motion — WikiV A generalized use class aspect that specifies the level of motion you anticipate in a scene of interest. See also, the Motion topic for video quality requirements considerations.[3] …

    Audio and video glossary

  • 53Motion — Eine gute Motion kann nicht schaden. »Dos ho ich mir wul behalten, ane gutte Motion kon och nich schaden; desswegen gieng ich noch manchmol ufs durff und do machte ich mein Landsloiten a Corniligen.« (Keller, 142b.) …

    Deutsches Sprichwörter-Lexikon

  • 54motion — 1. noun /ˈməʊʃən,ˈmoʊʃən/ a) A state of progression from one place to another. The motion to amend is now open for discussion. b) A change of position with respect to time. Syn …

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  • 55motion — See resolution. See resolution, motion …

    Dictionary of problem words and expressions

  • 56motion — Synonyms and related words: Zeitgeist, act, action, activeness, activism, activity, agitation, bearing, beck, beckon, bill, body language, business, calendar, carriage, change, charade, chironomy, clause, clockworks, commotion, commutation,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 57Motion — Mo|ti|on 〈f.; Gen.: , Pl.: en〉 1. Bewegung 2. 〈Politik〉 Antrag im Parlament (bes. in Großbritannien u. der Schweiz) 3. 〈Gramm.〉 Bildung der verschiedenen Genusformen (bes. beim Adjektiv) [Etym.: <frz. motion <lat. motio »Bewegung«] …

    Lexikalische Deutsches Wörterbuch

  • 58Motion — Mo|ti|on die; , en <aus fr. motion, eigtl. »Bewegung«, dies aus gleichbed. lat. motio>: 1. (veraltet) [Leibes]bewegung. 2. (schweiz.) schriftlicher Antrag in einem Parlament. 3. a) Bildung einer weiblichen Personen od. Berufsbezeichnung o.… …

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  • 59motion — • förslag, proposition, yrkan, hemställan, motion, framställning …

    Svensk synonymlexikon

  • 60motion —    (a) defecation    Medical jargon, not of sitting up in bed but from the movement of the bowels. Motions are faeces:     She had dreams of cooking by perpetual motion, or rather by perpetual motions. (Sharpe, 1976 Mrs Wilt s biological lavatory …

    How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms