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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)
- (uncountable) The ability to move from place to place, or the act of doing so.
- (biology, uncountable) Self-powered motion by which a whole organism changes its location through walking, running, jumping, crawling, swimming or flying.
- (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)
- 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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locomotory
English
Adjective
locomotory (comparative more locomotory, superlative most locomotory)
- Of or pertaining to locomotion.
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