movement

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Antonyms 1.3.3 Derived terms 1.3.4 Related terms 1.3.5 Translations 1.4 See also

[edit] English

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[edit] Etymology

From Old French movement (modern French mouvement), from Mediaeval Latin movimentum, from Latin movere (“‘move’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈmu:v.mənt/, SAMPA: /"mu:v.m@nt/

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[edit] Noun

movement (plural movements)

1. Physical motion between points in space.

   I saw a movement in that grass on the hill.

2. (horology) For a clockwork, a clock, or a watch, a device that cuts time in equal portions.
3. The impression of motion in an artwork, painting, novel etc.
4. A trend in various fields or social categories.

   The labor movement has been struggling in America since the passage of the Taft-Hartley act in 1947.

5. (music) A large division of a larger composition.
6. (aviation) An instance of an aircraft taking off or landing.

   Albuquerque International Sunport serviced over 200,000 movements last year.

7. (baseball) The deviation of a pitch from ballistic flight.

   The movement on his cutter was devastating.

8. 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,

[edit] Synonyms

• (motion between points in space): motion

[edit] Antonyms

• (motion between points in space): stasis

[edit] Derived terms

[edit] Related terms

• move

[edit] Translations

[edit] See also

• speed
• symphony
• vector
• velocity