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What is the noun for motion?

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motion
  1. (uncountable) A state of progression from one place to another.
  2. (countable) A change of position with respect to time.
  3. (physics) A change from one place to another.
  4. (countable) A parliamentary action to propose something.
  5. (obsolete) An entertainment or show, especially a puppet show.
  6. (philosophy) from κίνησις; any change. Traditionally of four types: generation and corruption, alteration, augmentation and diminution, and change of place.
  7. Movement of the mind, desires, or passions; mental act, or impulse to any action; internal activity.
  8. (law) An application made to a court or judge orally in open court. Its object is to obtain an order or rule directing some act to be done in favor of the applicant.
  9. (euphemistic) A movement of the bowels; the product of such movement.
  10. (music) Change of pitch in successive sounds, whether in the same part or in groups of parts. (Conjunct motion is that by single degrees of the scale. Contrary motion is when parts move in opposite directions. Disjunct motion is motion by skips. Oblique motion is when one part is stationary while another moves. Similar or direct motion is when parts move in the same direction.)
  11. (obsolete) A puppet, or puppet show.
  12. Synonyms:
      13. movement, flow, progress, passage, travel, mobility, moving, passing, course, locomotion, move, transit, going, traveling, travelling, advance, ambulation, stream, sweep, progression, journey, advancement, headway, procession, march, process, crossing, traverse, onrush, transfer, forward movement, transition, transference, unfolding, spread, growth, furtherance, expedition, expansion, momentum, movement forward, onward movement, shifting, onward motion, forward motion, development, kinesis, traversal, continuity, proceeding … more
  13. Examples:
      14. “They flowed with the motion of the stream like tawny strands of seaweed.”
      “A colorful array of constantly shifting real-time charts, graphs, and indices were used to convey the constant motion of the markets.”
      “He made a motion to Renny to pull out the local navigation charts.”
motility
  1. (uncountable) The state of being motile
  2. (countable) The degree to which something is motile
  3. Synonyms:
      4. mobility, motion, movability, moveableness, suppleness, agility, manoeuvrability, maneuverability, freedom of movement, ability to move, movement, movableness, strength, vitality, vigour, energy, functioning, sprightliness, conditioning, spryness, flexibility, activity, vigor, bodily process, body process, bodily function, muscularity, power, litheness, athleticism, powerfulness, activeness, locomotion, travel, progress, moving, passage, travelling, progression, transit, headway, shifting, ambulation, perambulation, running, walking, drive … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “Alternatively, antispasmodic drugs and motility stimulants may be prescribed.”
      “Modulation of intracellular calcium also affects organelle position and motility.”
      “Cranial nerve palsies of the third, fourth and sixth cranial nerves may occur, affecting extraocular motility.”
motile
  1. (psychology) A person whose prevailing mental imagery takes the form of inner feelings of action, such as incipient pronunciation of words, muscular innervations, etc.
motioner
  1. One who makes a motion; a mover.
motionlessness
  1. the property of being motionless
  2. Synonyms:
      3. inertness, immobility, inertia, stagnation, stillness, calm, lifelessness, paralysis, inactivity, idleness, inaction, stasis, immovability, nonaction, dormancy, staticity, inactiveness, fixity, stability, quietness, steadiness, absence of movement, status quo, lack of change, quiescence, still, rest, no change, slowness, sluggishness, flatness, standstill, secureness, lack of activity, stop, stagnancy, quiet, rigidity, halt, repose, peace, serenity, tranquillity, permanence, peacefulness, tranquility, enervation, fixedness, placidity, stationary … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “There was a strange motionlessness of everything in that pretty little cabin.”
      “I thought of the discipline required for such motionlessness on a steamy late afternoon.”
      “For motionlessness is first developed from the physical point of view, and then from the mental one.”
motioning
  1. movement
  2. Synonyms:
      3. gesticulation, gesture, motion, sign, action, signal, movement, wave, kinesics, indication, mime, signaling, signalling, nod, waving, pantomime, expression, gesturing, beckoning, salute, signing, gestures, bow, signals, body language, hand movement, sign language, arm-waving, high sign, outward expression, move, signs, waves, mimes, actions, indications, nods, signalings, expressions, moves, wavings, cues, motionings, gesturings, displays, beckonings, signings, salutes, body English, promptings … more
motionings
  1. plural of motioning
  2. Synonyms:
      3. gesticulation, gestures, motion, signs, actions, signals, movement, waves, kinesics, indications, mimes, signalings, signalling, nods, wavings, pantomime, expressions, gesturings, beckonings, salutes, signings, bows, body language, sign language, moves, gesture, sign, action, signal, wave, indication, mime, signaling, nod, motioning, waving, expression, gesturing, beckoning, salute, signing, bow, hand movement, arm-waving, high sign, outward expression, cues, displays, body English, promptings … more
motioners
  1. plural of motioner
motilities
  1. plural of motility
  2. Synonyms:
      3. mobilities, motions, movabilities, moveableness, supplenesses, agilities, manoeuvrabilities, maneuverabilities, freedom of movement, movements, movableness, vigours, strengths, vitalities, energies, functionings, sprightlinesses, conditionings, spryness, flexibilities, vigors, activities, bodily functions, muscularities, athleticisms, activenesses, powers, powerfulness, lithenesses, locomotions, travels, progresses, passages, travellings, progressions, transits, headways, shiftings, ambulations, perambulations, runnings, walkings, drives, kineses, propulsions, transports, travelings … more
motions
  1. plural of motion
  2. Synonyms:
      3. movements, flows, progresses, passages, travels, mobilities, passings, courses, locomotions, moves, transits, goings, travelings, travellings, advances, ambulations, streams, sweeps, fluctuations, fluxes, oscillations, shifts, shiftings, activities, dynamics, inconstancies, stirrings, swings, vacillations, variabilities, agitations, changes, instabilities, motilities, stirs, unsteadinesses, waverings, drifts, kineses, kinetics, sways, variations, comings and goings, tos and fros, ebbs and flows, gestures, gesticulations … more
motiles
  1. plural of motile
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