What is another word for locomotion?

Pronunciation: [lˌə͡ʊkəmˈə͡ʊʃən] (IPA)

Locomotion is the ability to move from one place to another. In the English language, there are many synonyms for this term such as movement, action, travelling, mechanism and mobility. Movement refers to any kind of motion, whereas action is a more general term referring to any kind of activity. Travelling implies moving from one place to another, often with purpose. Mechanism refers to the technical process of motion, and mobility refers to the ability to move freely. These terms can be used interchangeably with locomotion and are often used in scientific, academic, and everyday language to describe motion and movement.

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Usage examples for Locomotion

The method of rising or of locomotion indicates pain in certain muscles or groups of muscles, as of the croup, shoulder, or neck.
"Special Report on Diseases of Cattle"
U.S. Department of Agriculture J.R. Mohler
You don't save anything by taking the pink 'bus, nor any 'bus for that matter, down Park Lane when the traffic tumbles down every half-minute, in spite of cinders lavished by the authority, and can't really see its way to locomotion when it gets up.
"Somehow Good"
William de Morgan
Men who had never done better for themselves than a third-rate hotel, or who had never used anything more luxurious than a street car for locomotion in their ordinary daily life, now talked largely of Plaza hotels and automobiles, of real estate corners and bank balances.
"The Son of his Father"
Ridgwell Cullum

Famous quotes with Locomotion

  • For all the social changes in China can be traced to their early beginnings in the days when the new tools or vehicles of commerce and locomotion first brought the Chinese people into unavoidable contact with the strange ways and novel goods of the Western peoples.
    Hu Shih
  • The natural hoof, like natural locomotion, is what nature has intended for the hooves of the modern horse. The natural shaped hoof found among wild horses in the outback is nothing less than a structural masterpiece; it has no rivals among domesticated horses anywhere.
    Jaime Jackson
  • When you awaken -- or seem to awaken -- in the middle of the night, try to get out of the body and go into another room. This is a pleasant and easy method. With some experience you will discover that you can maintain control, walk out of the apartment and outside. You may then attempt to normal locomotion or levitate.
    Jane Roberts
  • Mr. Bertrand Russell has noted that each improvement in locomotion has increased the area over which people are compelled to move: so that a person who would have had to spend half an hour to walk to work a century ago must still spend half an hour to reach his destination, because the contrivance that would have enabled him to save time had he remained in his original situation now—by driving him to a more distant residential area—effectually cancels out the gain.
    Bertrand Russell

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