movement

Physical motion between points in space.countableuncountable

• I saw a movement in that grass on the hill.

A system or mechanism for transmitting motion of a definite character, or for transforming motion, such as the wheelwork of a watch.countableuncountable

The impression of motion in an artwork, painting, novel etc.countableuncountable

A trend in various fields or social categories, a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals.countableuncountable

• social movement
• The labor movement has been struggling in America since the passage of the Taft-Hartley act in 1947.

A large division of a larger composition.countableuncountable

• Beethoven's movements

Melodic progression, accentual character, tempo or pace.countableuncountable

An instance of an aircraft taking off or landing.countableuncountable

• Albuquerque International Sunport serviced over 200,000 movements last year.

The deviation of a pitch from ballistic flight.countableuncountable

• The movement on his cutter was devastating.

A pattern in which pairs change opponents and boards move from table to table in duplicate bridge.countableuncountable

Ellipsis of bowel movement (“an act of emptying the bowels”).abbreviationalt-ofcountable

• when after a movement feces are streaked with blood and the patient suffers from sphincter algia, a fissure should be suspected,