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Webster 1913 Edition
Movement
1.
The act of moving in space; change of place or posture; motion;
as, the
. movement
of an army in marching or maneuvering; the movement
of a wheel or a machine2.
Manner or style of moving;
as, a slow, or quick, or sudden,
. movement
4.
Motion of the mind or feelings; emotion.
5.
(Mus.)
(a)
The rhythmical progression, pace, and tempo of a piece.
“Any change of time is a change of movement.” Busby.
(b)
One of the several strains or pieces, each complete in itself, with its own time and rhythm, which make up a larger work;
as, the several
. movements
of a suite or a symphony6.
(Mech.)
A system of mechanism for transmitting motion of a definite character, or for transforming motion; as, the wheelwork of a watch;
as, a seventeen jewel
. movement
Febrile movement
(Med.)
, an elevation of the body temperature; a fever.
– Movement cure
. (Med.)
See
– Kinesiatrics
. Movement of the bowels
, an evacuation or stool; a passage or discharge.
Syn. – Motion.
Webster 1828 Edition
Movement
MOVEMENT
,Noun.
1.
The manner of moving.2.
Excitement; agitation; as the movement of the mind.3.
In music, any single strain or part having the same measure or time. Any change of time is a change of movement.
Definition 2024
movement
movement
English
Alternative forms
Noun
movement (countable and uncountable, plural movements)
- Physical motion between points in space.
- I saw a movement in that grass on the hill.
- (engineering) A system or mechanism for transmitting motion of a definite character, or for transforming motion, such as the wheelwork of a watch.
- The impression of motion in an artwork, painting, novel etc.
- A trend in various fields or social categories, a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals
- The labor movement has been struggling in America since the passage of the Taft-Hartley act in 1947.
- (music) A large division of a larger composition.
- (aviation) An instance of an aircraft taking off or landing.
- Albuquerque International Sunport serviced over 200,000 movements last year.
- (baseball) The deviation of a pitch from ballistic flight.
- The movement on his cutter was devastating.
- An act of emptying the bowels.
- 1923, Samuel Goodwin Gant, Diseases of the Rectum, Anus, and Colon, Including the Ileocolic Angle, page 47:
- when after a movement feces are streaked with blood and the patient suffers from sphincter algia, a fissure should be suspected,
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- (obsolete) Motion of the mind or feelings; emotion.
Synonyms
- (motion between points in space): motion
Antonyms
- (motion between points in space): stasis
Derived terms
derived terms of "movement"
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Related terms
Translations
physical motion
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horology: device that cuts time in equal portions
trend in various fields or social categories
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music: division of a larger musical composition
aviation: aircraft taking off or landing
baseball: deviation of a pitch
an act of emptying the bowels
See also
Old French
Etymology
movoir + -ment, or from Medieval Latin mōvimentum, from Latin moveō.
Noun
movement m (oblique plural movemenz or movementz, nominative singular movemenz or movementz, nominative plural movement)