LOCOMOTION

locomotion, travel

(noun) self-propelled movement

locomotion, motive power, motivity

(noun) the power or ability to move

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

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 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.

Source: Wiktionary

Lo`co*mo"tion, n. Etym: [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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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