different between locomotion vs ambulation

locomotion

English

Etymology

From French locomotion, from Latin loc? (literally from a place) (ablative of locus (place)) + motionem (motion, a moving) (nominative m?tio), from Latin mov?re, present active infinitive of move? (move; change, exchange, go in or out, quit), from Proto-Indo-European *mew- (to move, drive)

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -????n

Noun

locomotion (usually uncountable, plural locomotions)

  1. (uncountable) The ability to move from place to place, or the act of doing so.
  2. (biology, uncountable) Self-powered motion by which a whole organism changes its location through walking, running, jumping, crawling, swimming or flying.
  3. (countable, often preceded by definite article) A dance, originally popular in the 1960s, in which the arms are used to mimic the motion of the connecting rods of a steam locomotive.

Derived terms

  • locomotive
  • locomotor

Related terms

Translations


French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /l?.k?.m?.sj??/

Noun

locomotion f (plural locomotions)

  1. locomotion

Derived terms

  • locomoteur
  • locomotif

Further reading

  • “locomotion” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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ambulation

English

Noun

ambulation (countable and uncountable, plural ambulations)

  1. walking
Translations

Related terms

  • ambi-
  • amble
  • ambulance
  • ambulant
  • ambulate
  • ambulator
  • ambulatory

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