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Webster 1913 Edition

Locomotion

Loˊco-mo′tion

,
Noun.
[L.
locus
place +
motio
motion: cf. F.
locomotion
. See
Local
, and
Motion
.]
1.
The act of moving from place to place.
“ Animal locomotion.”
Milton.
2.
The power of moving from place to place, characteristic of the higher animals and some of the lower forms of plant life.

Webster 1828 Edition

Locomotion

LOCOMO'TION

,
Noun.
[L. locus, place, and motio, motion.]
1.
The act of moving from place to place.
2.
The power of moving from place to place. Most animals possess locomotion; plants have life, but not locomotion.

Definition 2024

locomotion

locomotion

English

Noun

locomotion ‎(usually uncountable, plural locomotions)

  1. The ability to move from place to place, or the act of doing so.
  2. (biology) Self-powered motion by which a whole organism changes its location through walking, running, jumping, crawling, swimming or flying.

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French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɔ.kɔ.mɔ.sjɔ̃/

Noun

locomotion f ‎(plural locomotions)

  1. locomotion

Derived terms

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -əʊʃən

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