motion

Roget category 264

2. Words relating to space
› 2.4. Motion
›› 2.4.1. Motion in general

#264. [Successive change of place.] Motion

noun

motion, movement, move — going etc. v. — unrest.
stream, flow, flux, run, course, stir — evolution — kinematics — telekinesis.
step, rate, pace, tread, stride, gait, port, footfall, cadence, carriage, velocity, angular velocity — clip, progress, locomotion — journey etc. 266 — voyage etc. 267 — transit etc. 270.
restlessness etc. (changeableness) 149 — mobility — movableness, motive power — laws of motion — mobilization.

verb

be in motion etc. adj. — move, go, hie, gang, budge, stir, pass, flit — hover about, hover round, hover about — shift, slide, glide — roll, roll on — flow, stream, run, drift, sweep along — wander etc. (deviate) 279 — walk etc. 266 — change one's place, shift one's place, change one's quarters, shift one's quarters — dodge — keep going, keep moving — put in motion, set in motion — move — impel etc. 276 — propel etc. 284 — render movable, mobilize.

adjective

moving etc. v. — in motion — transitional — motory^†, motive — shifting, movable, mobile, mercurial, unquiet — restless etc. (changeable) 149 — nomadic etc. 266 — erratic etc. 279.

adverb

under way — on the move, on the wing, on the tramp, on the march.

phrase

eppur si muove [Galileo]; es bildet ein Talent sich in der Stille [G.], sich ein Charakter in dem Strom der Welt [G.].

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