locomotion
nounEtymology
From French locomotion, from Latin locō (literally “from a place”) (ablative of locus (“place”)) + mōtiōnem (“motion, a moving”) (nominative mōtio), from Latin movēre (“move; change, exchange, go in or out, quit”), from Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- (“to move, drive”).
- derived from locō
- derived from locomotion
Definitions
The ability to move from place to place, or the act of doing so.
Self-powered motion by which a whole organism changes its location through walking,…
Self-powered motion by which a whole organism changes its location through walking, running, jumping, crawling, swimming, brachiating or flying.
- The assessment also looks at reflexes, stationary (body control), locomotion (movement), grasping and visual-motor integration (eyes and hands coordinated).
A dance, originally popular in the 1960s, in which the arms are used to mimic the motion…
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.
- Mr. Motian's own tunes, folk-simple locomotions of straight melody, fast or slow, with acres of room for interpretation, have accounted for some of the mistier sets.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at locomotion. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at locomotion. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
7 hops · closes at locomotion
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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