different between locomotion vs gyrotaxis

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).

English

Etymology

gyro- +? taxis

Noun

gyrotaxis (uncountable)

1. (biology) Any directed locomotion resulting from a combination of gravitational and viscous torques in a flow.