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movement - a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something |
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happening,
natural event,
occurrence,
occurrent an event that happens
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crustal movement,
tectonic movement movement resulting from or causing deformation of the earth's crust
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approach,
approaching the act of drawing spatially closer to something; "the hunter's approach scattered the geese"
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passage,
passing the act of passing from one state or place to the next
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deflection,
deflexion the property of being bent or deflected
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bend,
bending curved segment (of a road or river or railroad track etc.)
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change of location,
travel a movement through space that changes the location of something
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undulation,
wave wavelike motion; a gentle rising and falling in the manner of waves
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jitter a small irregular movement
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periodic motion,
periodic movement motion that recurs over and over and the period of time required for each recurrence remains the same
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heave throwing something heavy (with great effort); "he gave it a mighty heave"; "he was not good at heaving passes"
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backlash,
rebound,
recoil,
repercussion an adverse reaction to some political or social occurrence; "there was a backlash of intolerance"
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kick,
recoil the act of delivering a blow with the foot; "he gave the ball a powerful kick"; "the team's kicking was excellent"
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seek the movement of a read/write head to a specific data track on a disk
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squeeze,
wring the act of forcing yourself (or being forced) into or through a restricted space; "getting through that small opening was a tight squeeze"
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cam stroke,
stroke,
throw a light touch with the hands
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turn,
turning taking a short walk out and back; "we took a turn in the park"
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twist,
wrench turning or twisting around (in place); "with a quick twist of his head he surveyed the room"
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undulation wavelike motion; a gentle rising and falling in the manner of waves
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moving ridge,
wave a movement like that of a sudden occurrence or increase in a specified phenomenon; "a wave of settlers"; "troops advancing in waves"
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wobble an unsteady rocking motion
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commotion,
whirl the act of making a noisy disturbance
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brownian motion,
brownian movement,
pedesis the random motion of small particles suspended in a gas or liquid
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movement - a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals; "he was a charter member of the movement"; "politicians have to respect a mass movement"; "he led the national liberation front" |
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social group people sharing some social relation
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fighting french,
free french a French movement during World War II that was organized in London by Charles de Gaulle to fight for the liberation of France from German control and for the restoration of the republic
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artistic movement,
art movement a group of artists who agree on general principles
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boy scouts an international (but decentralized) movement started in 1908 in England with the goal of teaching good citizenship to boys
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civil rights movement movement in the United States beginning in the 1960s and led primarily by Blacks in an effort to establish the civil rights of individual Black citizens
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common front a movement in which several individuals or groups with different interests join together; "the unions presented a common front at the bargaining table"
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cultural movement a group of people working together to advance certain cultural goals
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ecumenism,
oecumenism (Christianity) the doctrine of the ecumenical movement that promotes cooperation and better understanding among different religious denominations: aimed at universal Christian unity
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falun gong a spiritual movement that began in China in the latter half of the 20th century and is based on Buddhist and Taoist teachings and practices
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political movement a group of people working together to achieve a political goal
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reform movement a movement intended to bring about social and humanitarian reforms
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religious movement a movement intended to bring about religious reforms
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zionism,
zionist movement a policy for establishing and developing a national homeland for Jews in Palestine
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movement - the act of changing the location of something; "the movement of cargo onto the vessel" |
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change the action of changing something; "the change of government had no impact on the economy"; "his change on abortion cost him the election"
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deracination,
displacement act of removing from office or employment
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conveyance,
transfer,
transferral,
transport,
transportation act of transferring property title from one person to another
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insertion,
introduction,
intromission the act of putting one thing into another
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letting down,
lowering the act of causing something to move to a lower level
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transplant,
transplantation,
transplanting the act of removing something from one location and introducing it in another location; "the transplant did not flower until the second year"; "too frequent transplanting is not good for families"; "she returned to Alabama because she could not bear transplantation"
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troop movement movement of military units to a new location
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movement - a major self-contained part of a symphony or sonata; "the second movement is slow and melodic" |
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composition,
musical composition,
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piece,
piece of music something that is created by arranging several things to form a unified whole; "he envied the composition of their faculty"
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sonata a musical composition of 3 or 4 movements of contrasting forms
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intermezzo a short piece of instrumental music composed for performance between acts of a drama or opera
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scherzo a fast movement (usually in triple time)
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movement - the driving and regulating parts of a mechanism (as of a watch or clock); "it was an expensive watch with a diamond movement" |
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action,
action mechanism something done (usually as opposed to something said); "there were stories of murders and other unnatural actions"
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ticker,
watch a character printer that automatically prints stock quotations on ticker tape
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clock a timepiece that shows the time of day
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