movement

English

/ˈmuːv.mənt/

noun
Definitions
  • Physical motion between points in space.
  • (engineering) A system or mechanism for transmitting motion of a definite character, or for transforming motion, such as the wheelwork of a watch.
  • The impression of motion in an artwork, painting, novel etc.
  • A trend in various fields or social categories, a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals
  • (music) A large division of a larger composition.
  • (music) Melodic progression, accentual character, tempo or pace.
  • (aviation) An instance of an aircraft taking off or landing.
  • (baseball) The deviation of a pitch from ballistic flight.
  • (bridge) A pattern in which pairs change opponents and boards move from table to table in duplicate bridge.
  • An act of emptying the bowels.
  • (obsolete) Motion of the mind or feelings; emotion.

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French movement derived from Latin movimentum, movere (move) root from Proto-Indo-European *mew- (move, drive, damp).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*mew-

Gloss

move, drive, damp

Concept
Semantic Field

Motion

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

湿

Emoji

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms