- The act of moving; change of place or posture;
transference, by any means, from one situation to another; natural or
appropriate motion; progress; advancement; as, the movement of an army
in marching or maneuvering; the movement of a wheel or a machine; the
party of movement. - Motion of the mind or feelings; emotion. - Manner or style of moving; as, a slow, or quick, or
sudden, movement. - The rhythmical progression, pace, and tempo of a piece. - One of the several strains or pieces, each complete in
itself, with its own time and rhythm, which make up a larger work; as,
the several movements of a suite or a symphony. - A system of mechanism for transmitting motion of a
definite character, or for transforming motion; as, the wheelwork of a
watch.
Meaning of 'movement' (Princeton's WordNet)
1 . movement
[ n]
Meaning (1): - a general tendency to change (as of opinion)
Example in sentence:
a broad movement of the electorate to the right;
not openly liberal but that is the trend of the book
Meaning (2): - a change of position that does not entail a change of location
Example in sentence:
an impatient move of his hand;
gastrointestinal motility;
movement is a sign of life;
the reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his surprise
Meaning (3): - a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
Example in sentence:
contributed to the war effort;
he supported populist campaigns;
the movement to end slavery;
the team was ready for a drive toward the pennant;
they worked in the cause of world peace
Meaning (4): - a euphemism for defecation
Example in sentence:
he had a bowel movement
Meaning (5): - a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals
Example in sentence:
he led the national liberation front;
he was a charter member of the movement;
politicians have to respect a mass movement
Meaning (6): - the act of changing location from one place to another
Example in sentence:
his move put him directly in my path;
police controlled the motion of the crowd;
the movement of people from the farms to the cities
Meaning (7): - the driving and regulating parts of a mechanism (as of a watch or clock)
Example in sentence:
it was an expensive watch with a diamond movement
Meaning (8): - an optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object
Example in sentence:
the cinema relies on apparent motion;
the succession of flashing lights gave an illusion of movement
Meaning (9): - the act of changing the location of something
Example in sentence:
the movement of cargo onto the vessel
Meaning (10): - a major self-contained part of a symphony or sonata
Saccadic movement Saccadic movement is the jumping of the eye from one point of fixation to another, as in reading.
Unit movement data Unit movement data— A unit equipment and/or supply listing containing corresponding transportability data. Tailored unit movement data has been ...
Unit movement control center Unit movement control center refers to a temporary organization that is activated by major subordinate commands and subordinate units during ...
Turning movement Turning movement means a variation of the envelopment in which the attacking force passes around or over the enemy’s principal defensive ...
Theater patient movement requirements center Theater patient movement requirements center refers to the activity responsible for intratheater patient movement management (medical regulating and ...
Consumerist movement Consumerist movement refers to an organized movement of citizens and government to strengthen the rights and powers of buyers in relation to sellers.
Resistance movement Resistance movement refers to an organized effort by some portion of the civil population of a country to resist the legally established government ...
Patient movement requirements center Patient movement requirements center refers to
1. A joint activity that coordinates patient movement by functionally merging of joint medical regulating ...
Patient movement policy Patient movement policy is the command decision establishing the maximum number of days that patients may be held within the command for treatment.
Patient movement items Patient movement items refers to the medical equipment and supplies, required to support patients during aeromedical evacuation, which is part of a ...