locomotion
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Etymology edit
From French locomotion, from Latin locō (literally “from a place”) (ablative of locus (“place”)) + motionem (“motion, a moving”) (nominative mōtio), from Latin movēre, present active infinitive of moveō (“move; change, exchange, go in or out, quit”), from Proto-Indo-European *mew- (“to move, drive”).
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Noun edit
locomotion (usually uncountable, plural locomotions)
- (uncountable) The ability to move from place to place, or the act of doing so.
- (biology, uncountable) Self-powered motion by which a whole organism changes its location through walking, running, jumping, crawling, swimming, brachiating or flying.
- (countable, often preceded by definite article) A dance, originally popular in the 1960s, in which the arms are used to mimic the motion of the connecting rods of a steam locomotive.
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ability to move
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French edit
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locomotion f (plural locomotions)
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Further reading edit
- “locomotion”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.