motion Definition - Englisch Wörterbuch | motion Erklärungen und Aussprachen

NU A state of progression from one place to another.

NC A change of position with respect to time.

(physics) A change from one place to another.

NC A parliamentary action to propose something.

The motion to amend is now open for discussion.

OBS An entertainment or show, especially a puppet show.

(philosophy) from κίνησις; any change. Traditionally of four types: generation and corruption, alteration, augmentation and diminution, and change of place.

Movement of the mind, desires, or passions; mental act, or impulse to any action; internal activity.

(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.

(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.).

OBS A puppet, or puppet show.

VerbSGmotionsPRmotioningPT, PPmotioned

To gesture indicating a desired movement.
1. He motioned for me to come closer.

(proscribed) To introduce a motion in parliamentary procedure.

To make a proposal; to offer plans.

Mehr Beispiele

Wird in der Mitte des Satzes verwendet
- More interesting is Nobuhiro Kawanaka's ShiShosetsu, whose slow motion and warm, filmstock colors deny close-ups of a woman's breasts some of their anatomic power.
- He closed the door and motioned them to a tray. `Bog in, it's all on the house.'
- The motion was tabled, ensuring that it would not be taken up until a later date.
In der Endung des Satzes verwendet
- [ …] and making him think of those pallid jade-faced painters of Tokio who, through the medium of an art that is necessarily immobile, seek to convey the sense of swiftness of motion.
- The physical chemist lased the atoms as they passed between the electrodes to study their motion.
- For maximum destructive effect, the user crashed his falx down on to the target doublehanded, then drew the blade back toward himself in a sawing motion.

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