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motion (iou)



motion noun & verb. LME.
[Old & mod. French from Latin motio(n-), from mot- pa. ppl stem of movere MOVE verb: see -ION.]
A. noun.
a. The action of moving or urging (a person) to do something, that something be done; a suggestion; an instigation, an instruction. LME-L18.
b. Law. A formal application made to a court for a ruling or order, esp. an interlocutory injunction. LME.
c. A formal proposition or proposal put before a committee, council, legislature, etc. M16.
B. Montgomery They..tabled a motion that..each zone might act as it thought best. J. D. MacDonald A motion that we dispense with the reading of the minutes.
a. A motive, a reason; a ground or cause of action. LME-M17.
b. An inner prompting or impulse; a desire, an inclination; a stirring of the soul, an emotion. LME-M18.
A commotion, (an) agitation; irregular movement, shaking. LME.
T. Percival The mixtures..have some little fermentative motion in them. G. Crabbe His groans now told the motions of the cart.
The action, process, or condition of moving or being moved; an instance or variety of this. LME.
A. Koestler The moon's motion round the earth. A. Tutuola Leaves were bowing..in slow motion.
b. Philosophy. Any kind of change; becoming. arch. exc. as translating Greek kinesis. L17.
a. The action of the body in walking, running, etc.; a manner of walking or stepping; gait, carriage. L16.
b. The power of locomotion of an animate body; (strenuous) physical Exercise. Only in 17.
An evacuation of the bowels. Also (sing. & in pl.), faeces. L16.
A puppet-show; a puppet (lit. & fig.). L16-L17.
a. A change of posture; a visible bodily movement, a gesture. E17.
Tennyson Her eyes on all my motions with a mute observance hung.
b. A step, gesture, or Other movement of the body acquired by drill and Training; spec. (Military) each of the successive actions constituting a prescribed Exercise of arms. E17.
c. In pl. & sing. Activities performed by a person or body of people in pursuit of a goal; esp. the movements of an army in the field. Now rare or obsolete. L17.
A piece of moving mechanism. Formerly also, the movement of a watch. E17.
G. F. Fiennes The axles went..faster than the wheels, which wasn't so good for the motion.
Music.
a. Movement, tempo. L17-E18.
b. The melodic progression of a single part with Reference to the intervals taken by it; the progression of two or more parts with relation to each Other. M18.
Phrases: go through the motions (a) simulate by gestures or movements (an act of); (b) make a pretence, do something perfunctorily or superficially. harmonic motion: see HARMONIC adjective. in motion moving, not at rest. local motion: see LOCAL adjective. lost motion: see LOST adjective. make a motion (a) begin to move (towards, to do); (b) beckon, gesture to (a person to do something). man in motion: see MAN noun. oblique motion: see OBLIQUE adjective. of one's own motion arch. of one's own accord. perpetual motion: see PERPETUAL adjective. proper motion: see PROPER adjective. put in motion, set in motion set going or working. similar motion: see SIMILAR adjective 2. slow motion: see SLOW adjective & adverb. thermal motion: see THERMAL adjective.
Comb.: motion Photography cinematography; motion picture a cinema Film; motion sickness nausea induced by motion, esp. travelling in a vehicle; motion study: of the movements involved in the most efficient performance of a task; motion-work the mechanism for moving the hands of a watch or clock.
b. verb.
verb trans.
a. Approach (a person) with a request; petition or suggest to (a person). L15-M16.
b. Propose, move, (a thing, to do, that). E16-M19.
I. Newton Thanks..for motioning to get the experiment..tried. W. Row They motioned in the Committee that..Hamilton should be General-major.
c. Propose or recommend (a person) for Employment etc. L16-L17.
verb intrans. Make a proposal, bring forward a motion, offer a plan. rare. E16-M19.
verb intrans.
a. Make a motion or movement as if to do. M18-E19.
b. Make a gesture for the purpose of directing or guiding a person. L18.
G. Vidal Gracefully, he motioned for us to join him. C. Gebler My uncle motioned with his fat hands.
verb trans. Direct or guide (a person) by a sign or gesture. L18.
J. Buchan I got my door open and motioned him in. J. Higgins He..motioned them to sit on the sofa.
motionable adjective (rare) capable of motion M19.

maser (iou)



maser noun. M20.
[Acronym, from microwave amplification by stimulated emission of radiation. Cf. LASER noun2.]
A laser; spec. one that emits microwaves. Also (Astronomy), an interstellar gas cloud which emits microwaves naturally by stimulated emission.