From en.wiktionary.org:
[Motion]
** English
*** Etymology
[en] [en], [enm], from [en], [en], and their [etymon] [en], related to [la],
from [en].
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Noun
[~]
1. [en] A state of progression from one place to another.
2. * [en]
3. [en] A change of position with respect to time .
4. * {{ RQ:Allestree Decay
|passage=This is the great wheel to which the clock owes its MOTION.}}
1. [en] A change from one place to another.
2. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1839 | author=Denison Olmsted | title=A Compendium of Astronomy | page=95
|passage=Secondly, When a body is once in MOTION it will continue to move
forever, unless something stops it. When a ball is struck on the surface of
the earth, the friction of the earth and the resistance of the air soon stop
its MOTION.}}
1. [en] A parliamentary action to propose something. A similar procedure in any official or business meeting.
2. * [III]
3. [en] An entertainment or show , especially a puppet show.
4. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1644 | author=w:John Milton | title=w:Areopagitica
|passage=when God gave him reason, he gave him freedom to choose, for reason
is but choosing; he had bin else a meer artificiall _Adam_, such an _Adam_ as
he is in the MOTIONS.}}
1. [en] from κίνησις (kinesis); any change . Traditionally of four types: generation and corruption , alteration , augmentation and diminution , and change of place.
2. * 1662 , [Henry More] , _Basa Sunda: An Antidote Against Atheism_ , Book II, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 53:
3. *: "I say, it is no uneven jot, to pass from the more faint and obscure examples of _Spermatical_ life to the more considerable effects of _general MOTION_ in _Minerals_ , _Metalls_ , and sundry _Meteors_ , whose easie and rude shapes may have no need of any Principle of Life, or _Spermatical form_ distinct from the _Rest_ or _Motion_ of the particles of the _Matter_ ."
4. Movement of the mind, desires, or passions; mental act, or impulse to any action; internal activity.
5. * [passage=Let a good man obey every good MOTION rising in his heart, knowing that every such motion proceeds from God.]
6. [en] A formal request, oral or written, made to a judge or court of law to obtain an official court ruling or order for a legal action to be taken by, or on behalf of, the movant .
7. [en] A movement of the bowels; the product of such movement.
8. * [en]
9. [en] 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.)
10. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1878 | author=w:George Grove | title=A Dictionary of Music and Musicians
|passage=The independent MOTIONS of different parts sounding together
constitute counterpoint.}}
1. [en] A puppet , or puppet show.
2. * [Wit at Several Weapons]
3. [en] A piece of moving mechanism, such as on a steam locomotive .
4. * [en]
**** Derived terms
{{col3|en |accelerated motion |angular motion |biomotion |Brownian motion
|canon by contrary motion |Clayton motion |confidence motion |countermotion
|Daubert motion |diurnal motion |early day motion |egomotion |electromotion
|electro-motion |equation of motion|all motion and no meat |flowmotion |flow
motion |full-motion video |full motion video |go through the motions
|gyromotion |harmonic motion|own motion |ideomotion |idiomotion |in motion
|link motion |lost motion |man in motion |mean motion|loose motion |mere
motion |micromotion |midmotion |mismotion |MJPEG |monkey motion |motionable
|motional |motion and time study |motion blindness |motion blur
|motion-capture |motion capture |motion controller |motion design |motion
designer |motion detector |motion discomfort |motionist |motionless |motion
lotion |motion of confidence |motion of no confidence |motion of someone's
ocean |motion parallax |motion picture |motion sickness |motion test
|motionwork |nervimotion |no-confidence motion |nonmotion |oblique motion
|oculomotion |parallax motion |parallel motion |perpetual motion |perpetual
motion machine |perpetual motion machine of the first kind |perpetual motion
machine of the second kind |poetry in motion |premotion |proper motion |put in
motion |quantity of motion |range of motion |reed motion |retrograde motion
|screen motion capture |self-motion |set in motion |set the wheels in motion
|simple harmonic motion |slow-motion |slow motion |space motion |state of
motion |stereomotion |stop motion |swing motion |time-and-motion expert |time
and motion expert |time and motion study |time-and-motion study |time-motion
study |trainwreck in slow motion |vasomotion |verb of motion }}
**** Translations
[state of progression from one place to another]
- Afrikaans: [af]
- Albanian: [sq]
- Arabic: [ar]
- Armenian: [hy]
- Bashkir: [ba]
- Belarusian: [be]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Chinese:
- Czech: [cs]
- Danish: [da]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Estonian: [et] , [et]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- German: [de]
- Greek: [el]
- Hebrew: [he]
- Hindi: [hi]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Indonesian: [id]
- Italian: [it]
- Japanese: [ja] , [ja]
- Korean: [ko]
- Latin: [la] , [la]
- Latvian: [lv]
- Macedonian: [mk]
- Mongolian: [mn]
- Norwegian:
- Old English: [ang]
- Ottoman Turkish: [ota]
- Persian: [fa] , [fa] [rare]
- Plautdietsch: [pdt]
- Polish: [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Romanian: [ro]
- Russian: [ru]
- Scottish Gaelic: [gd]
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Slovak: [sk]
- Slovene: [sl]
- Spanish: [es]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Tajik: [tg]
- Tamil: [ta]
- Thai: [th]
- Ukrainian: [uk]
- Vietnamese: [vi] ( [vi] ), [vi] ( [vi] )
[trans-bottom]
[change of place or position]
- Armenian: [hy]
- Bashkir: [ba]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- Haitian Creole: [ht]
- Hindi: [hi]
- Irish: [ga]
- Latvian: [lv] , [lv]
- Persian: [fa]
- Portuguese: [pt] , [pt]
- Romanian: [ro]
- Scottish Gaelic: [gd]
[trans-bottom]
[parliamentary proposal]
- Bashkir: [ba]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Chinese:
- Dutch: [nl]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- German: [de]
- Greek: [el]
- Hindi: [hi]
- Hungarian: [hu] , [hu]
- Indonesian: [id]
- Italian: [it] , [it]
- Japanese: [ja] , [ja]
- Latin: [la]
- Maori: [mi]
- Norman: [nrf] [Jersey]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Russian: [ru]
- Scottish Gaelic: [gd]
- Spanish: [es]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Tagalog: [tl] , [tl]
[trans-bottom]
*** Verb
[en-verb]
1. To gesture indicating a desired movement.
2. * [en]
3. [en] To introduce a motion in parliamentary procedure .
4. To make a proposal ; to offer plan s.
5. * [1]
**** Usage notes
The parliamentary sense is incorrectly used by people who are not familiar
with parliamentary procedure. They might say “I motion that such-and-such” –
however, it would be correct to say “I move that such-and-such”.
**** Translations
[gesture indicating a desired movement]
- Esperanto: [eo]
[trans-bottom]
*** Related terms
{{col5|en |emotion |motile |motive|move |movement |stop-motion }}
[en]
** Danish
*** Etymology
[da], from [da], from [la].
*** Pronunciation
- [da]
*** Noun
[en]
1. exercise [physical activity intended to improve strength and fitness]
**** Further reading
- [lang=da]
** French
*** Etymology
[fr], [fro], borrowed from [fr], noun of action from perfect passive
participle [la], from verb [la], + noun of action suffix [la].
*** Pronunciation
- [fr-IPA]
- [fr]
- [fr]
- [fr]
*** Noun
[f]
1. motion
**** Derived terms
- [fr]
**** Related terms
- [fr]
- [fr]
*** Further reading
- [R:fr:TLFi]
** Norman
*** Etymology
[nrf], [fro], borrowed from [nrf].
*** Noun
[f]
1. [nrf] motion
** Swedish
*** Pronunciation
- [sv] [1]
*** Noun
[c]
1. exercise [physical activity to promote health and well-being]
2. [en] [2] (a proposal from a member of parliament)
**** Declension
[sv-infl-noun-c-er]
**** Derived terms
- [sv]
- [sv]
**** Related terms
- [sv]
- [sv]
*** See also
- [sv]
*** References
- [so]
- [saol]
References:
[1]. [saob]
[2]. Government terms (see http://www.sweden.gov.se/sb/d/2979#M) , Government Offices of Sweden
[sv]