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n. a state of change; "they were in a state of steady motion"

n. the use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals

n. a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something

n. a formal proposal for action made to a deliberative assembly for discussion and vote; "he made a motion to adjourn"; "she called for the question"

apparent motion, motion, apparent movement, movement

n. an optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object; "the cinema relies on apparent motion"; "the succession of flashing lights gave an illusion of movement"

motion, movement, move, motility

n. a change of position that does not entail a change of location; "the reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his surprise"; "movement is a sign of life"; "an impatient move of his hand"; "gastrointestinal motility"

gesticulate, gesture, motion

v. show, express or direct through movement; "He gestured his desire to leave"

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show

n. a social event involving a public performance or entertainment; "they wanted to see some of the shows on Broadway"

display, show

n. something intended to communicate a particular impression; "made a display of strength"; "a show of impatience"; "a good show of looking interested"

signal

n. an electric quantity (voltage or current or field strength) whose modulation represents coded information about the source from which it comes

undertide, undercurrent

n. a current below the surface of a fluid

recommendation

n. something (as a course of action) that is recommended as advisable

submission

n. (law) a contention presented by a lawyer to a judge or jury as part of the case he is arguing

bid, tender

n. a formal proposal to buy at a specified price

point

n. a brief version of the essential meaning of something; "get to the point"; "he missed the point of the joke"; "life has lost its point"

transformation, translation

n. the act of changing in form or shape or appearance; "a photograph is a translation of a scene onto a two-dimensional surface"

passage, transition

n. the act of passing from one state or place to the next

subdivision

n. the act of subdividing; division of something previously divided

division

n. the act or process of dividing

operation

n. the activity of operating something (a machine or business etc.); "her smooth operation of the vehicle gave us a surprisingly comfortable ride"

traffic

n. the amount of activity over a communication system during a given period of time; "heavy traffic overloaded the trunk lines"; "traffic on the internet is lightest during the night"

transportation, shipping, transport

n. the commercial enterprise of moving goods and materials

travel, traveling, travelling

n. the act of going from one place to another; "he enjoyed selling but he hated the travel"

locomotion, travel

n. self-propelled movement

mime, pantomime

v. act out without words but with gestures and bodily movements only; "The acting students mimed eating an apple"

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motionlessness, stillness, lifelessness

n. a state of no motion or movement; "the utter motionlessness of a marble statue"

resultant role, result

n. the semantic role of the noun phrase whose referent exists only by virtue of the activity denoted by the verb in the clause

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