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countable and uncountable, plural movements
Physical motion between points in space. examples
(engineering) A system or mechanism for transmitting motion of a definite character, or for transforming motion, such as the wheelwork of a watch. examples
The impression of motion in an artwork, painting, novel etc. examples
A trend in various fields or social categories, a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals quotations examples
During the latter part of Taiwan's authoritarian period, social protest movements arose that complemented the periodic efforts of the political opposition- the dangwai-to open the political system. One of the most prominent movements occurred in the town of Lukang in Changhua County in 1986.
2021, Richard C. Bush, Difficult Choices: Taiwan's Quest for Security and the Good Life, Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution Press, page 274
(music) A large division of a larger composition. examples
(music) Melodic progression, accentual character, tempo or pace. examples
(aviation) An instance of an aircraft taking off or landing. examples
(baseball) The deviation of a pitch from ballistic flight. examples
(bridge) A pattern in which pairs change opponents and boards move from table to table in duplicate bridge. examples
An act of emptying the bowels. quotations examples
when after a movement feces are streaked with blood and the patient suffers from sphincter algia, a fissure should be suspected,
1923, Samuel Goodwin Gant, Diseases of the Rectum, Anus, and Colon, Including the Ileocolic Angle, page 47
(obsolete) Motion of the mind or feelings; emotion.