Engelsk navneord: motion | |||
1. | motion (om kommunikation) the use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | gesture | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | visual communication | ||
Mere specifikke termer | beck, bow, bowing, curtsey, curtsy, facial expression, facial gesture, flourish, gesticulation, high-five, nod, obeisance, previous question, shrug, sign, sign of the cross, V sign, wafture, wave, waving | ||
2. | motion (om begivenhed) a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | movement | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | happening, natural event, occurrence, occurrent | ||
Mere specifikke termer | approach, approaching, backlash, bend, bending, Brownian motion, Brownian movement, cam stroke, change of location, commotion, crustal movement, deflection, deflexion, heave, jitter, kick, moving ridge, passage, passing, pedesis, periodic motion, periodic movement, rebound, recoil, recoil, repercussion, seek, squeeze, stroke, tectonic movement, throw, travel, turn, turning, twist, undulation, undulation, wave, wave, whirl, wobble, wrench, wring | ||
3. | motion (om handling) a change of position that does not entail a change of location | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | The reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his surprise. Movement is a sign of life. An impatient move of his hand. Gastrointestinal motility. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | motility, move, movement | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | change | ||
Mere specifikke termer | abduction, adduction, agitation, body English, circumduction, closing, dart, disturbance, eurhythmics, eurhythmy, eurythmics, eurythmy, eversion, everting, eye movement, fetal movement, flicker, flit, flutter, foetal movement, gesture, headshake, headshaking, inclination, inclining, inversion, inversion, jerk, jerking, jolt, kick, kicking, kneel, kneeling, lurch, opening, pitch, pitching, posing, prostration, quiver, quivering, reach, reaching, reciprocation, reclining, retraction, retroflection, retroflexion, rotary motion, rotation, saccade, shutting, sitting, sitting, snap, span, squat, squatting, squirm, standing, straddle, stretch, stroke, sweep, toss, upending, vibration, wave, waver, wiggle, wriggle | ||
4. | motion (om tilstand) a state of change | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | They were in a state of steady motion. | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | state | ||
Mere specifikke termer | flow, palpitation, perpetual motion, precession, quiver, quivering, shakiness, shaking, stream, trembling, vibration | ||
Kendetegner | moving, nonmoving, unmoving | ||
Termer med modsat betydning (antonymer) | lifelessness, motionlessness, stillness | ||
5. | motion (om kommunikation) a formal proposal for action made to a deliberative assembly for discussion and vote | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | He made a motion to adjourn. She called for the question. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | question | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | proposal | ||
6. | motion (om handling) the act of changing location from one place to another | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | Police controlled the motion of the crowd. The movement of people from the farms to the cities. His move put him directly in my path. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | move, movement | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | change | ||
Mere specifikke termer | advance, advancement, approach, approaching, ascending, ascension, ascent, chase, coast, coming, crawl, descent, displacement, flow, following, forward motion, glide, haste, hurry, hurrying, locomotion, lunge, lurch, maneuver, manoeuvre, migration, onward motion, play, procession, progress, progression, pursual, pursuit, return, rise, rush, rushing, shift, shifting, slide, slippage, speed, speeding, stream, swing, swinging, translation, travel, travel, traveling, travelling, vacillation | ||
7. | motion (om fænomen) an optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | The cinema relies on apparent motion. The succession of flashing lights gave an illusion of movement. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | apparent motion, apparent movement, movement | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | optical illusion | ||
Engelsk udsagnsord: motion | |||
1. | motion (om kommunikation) show, express or direct through movement | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | He gestured his desire to leave. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | gesticulate, gesture | ||
Anvendelsesmønster | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s to somebody | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | communicate, intercommunicate | ||
Mere specifikke termer | acclaim, applaud, beckon, bless, bow, bow down, clap, clap, cross oneself, exsert, extend, hold out, nod, put out, shake, shrug, sign, spat, spat, stretch forth, stretch out, wave, wink | ||