movement

  1. Noun.  Physical motion between points in space.
  2. Noun.  (context, horology) For a clockwork, a clock, or a watch, a device that cuts time in equal portions.
  3. Noun.  The impression of motion in an artwork, painting, novel etc.
  4. Noun.  A trend in various fields or social categories, a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals.
  5. Noun.  (music) A large division of a larger composition.
  6. Noun.  (aviation) An instance of an aircraft taking off or landing.
  7. Noun.  (baseball) The deviation of a pitch from ballistic flight.
  8. Noun.  An act of emptying the bowels.

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