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Meanings of motion in English

Russian
движение
Portuguese
deslocamento
Catalan
moció
Spanish
movimiento
Wikidata

A change of position that does not entail a change of location.

        движение
        Portuguese
        movimento
        Catalan
        moviment
        Spanish
        movimiento

        An optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object.

              movimento
              Portuguese
              gesto
              Catalan
              gesticulació
              Spanish
              gesticulación

              The use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals.

                    gesto
                    Portuguese
                    movimento
                    Catalan
                    moviment
                    Spanish
                    movimiento

                    A state of change.

                          movimento
                          Usage of motion in English
                          1
                          Union officials said the motion would tie their hands in future negotiations.
                          The Irish Times
                          2
                          Let me say, the House has not voted for either motion tonight.
                          The Guardian
                          3
                          The conference strongly supported a motion declaring the State should welcome refugees.
                          The Irish Times
                          4
                          The House will vote on the motion when the debate concludes tonight.
                          The Irish Times
                          5
                          The spokesman said had not seen the text of the Labour motion.
                          The Guardian
                          6
                          Eleven years ago Oliver Stone made a powerful motion picture called JFK.
                          The Guardian
                          7
                          DuBois, however, left open the possibility that he might re-file that motion.
                          Wired
                          8
                          Opposition members of parliament filed a no-confidence motion in parliament last week.
                          Reuters
                          9
                          The Labour motion of no confidence in Minister for Health Mary Harney
                          The Irish Times
                          10
                          The opposition Labour Party could bring forward a motion of no confidence.
                          Reuters
                          11
                          The problem of biological motion is a very intriguing and topical issue.
                          Pubmed
                          12
                          Results: The CTS group reduced motion to well within the normal rang.
                          Pubmed
                          13
                          Most people think of of forces and motion the way Aristotle thought.
                          Wired
                          14
                          Thus, the process of partitioning can be best described as directed motion.
                          Pubmed
                          15
                          It was happening; in a dreadful form of slow-motion it was happening.
                          La's orchestra saves the world
                          16
                          However, vection onset latency did not change much with stimulus motion direction.
                          Pubmed