Noun | 1. | ![]() Synonyms: movement |
2. | motion - the use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals Synonyms: gesture | |
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4. | motion - a state of change; "they were in a state of steady motion" Antonyms: motionlessness, stillness - a state of no motion or movement | |
5. | motion - a formal proposal for action made to a deliberative assembly for discussion and vote; "he made a motion to adjourn"; "she called for the question" Synonyms: question | |
6. | motion - the act of changing location from one place to another; "police controlled the motion of the crowd"; "the movement of people from the farms to the cities"; "his move put him directly in my path" | |
7. | motion - an optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object; "the cinema relies on apparent motion"; "the succession of flashing lights gave an illusion of movement" | |
Verb | 1. | motion - show, express or direct through movement; "He gestured his desire to leave" Synonyms: gesticulate, gesture |
MOTION, practice. An application to a court by one of the parties in a
cause, or his counsel, in order to obtain some rule or order of court, which
he thinks becomes necessary in the progress of the cause, or to get relieved
in a summary manner, from some matter which would work injustice.
2. When the motion. is made on some matter of fact, it must be
supported by an affidavit that such facts are true; and for this purpose,
the party's affidavit will be received, though, it cannot be read on the
hearing. 1 Binn. R. 145; S. P. 2 Yeates' R. 546. Vide 3 Bl. Com. 304; 2
Sell. Pr. 356; 15 Vin. Ab. 495; Grah. Pr. 542; Smith's Ch. Pr. Index, h.t.