Word Finder - movements

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Physical motion between points in space.

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I saw a movement in that grass on the hill.

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A system or mechanism for transmitting motion of a definite character, or for transforming motion, such as the wheelwork of a watch.

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The impression of motion in an artwork, painting, novel etc.

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A trend in various fields or social categories, a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals

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The labor movement has been struggling in America since the passage of the Taft-Hartley act in 1947.

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A large division of a larger composition.

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Melodic progression, accentual character, tempo or pace.

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An instance of an aircraft taking off or landing.

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Albuquerque International Sunport serviced over 200,000 movements last year.

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The deviation of a pitch from ballistic flight.

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The movement on his cutter was devastating.

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A pattern in which pairs change opponents and boards move from table to table in duplicate bridge.

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An act of emptying the bowels.

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Motion of the mind or feelings; emotion.

Her movements were heavy and awkward.

His movements were controlled, his strength restrained.

His movements were deliberate as he walked toward her - as if he were measuring every word he was about to say.

His movements stilled as he listened.

The deliberate movements alone took a minute.

It banished the spirits and genii, to which even Kepler had assigned the guardianship of the planetary movements; and, if it supposes the globular particles of the envelope to be the active force in carrying the earth round the sun, we may remember that Newton himself assumed an aether for somewhat similar purposes.

I took careful note of the time and movements, all of which lasted twenty-one minutes.

I was to record his eye and body movements.

The rope was taut with his evil weight and she could hear his movements as he carefully climbed down the sheer wall to his ice-bound lair below.

It seemed to come from behind them but it could have been anything—a dislodged rock, an echo of their own movements.

There was a detailed itinerary of Byrne's movements and information on Byrne's health, finances, personnel records and lifestyle.

Among the movements of Others, they'd seen Jenn.

As if a switch inside her was flipped, her tense movements disappeared, replaced by the graceful, supple movements of a cat.

Much labour was bestowed by him upon facilitating the computation of the movements of the asteroids.

Erected first as a temporary committee of public safety to hunt down the remnant of the conspirators and to keep a vigilant watch on Tiepolo's movements, it was finally made permanent in 1335.

He did not, however, remain long in retirement, but in September 1812, hearing of important movements in New Granada, repaired to Cartagena, where he received a commission to operate against the Spanish troops on the Magdalena river.

In this war we do not find that the movements of fleets were subordinated to the work of providing convoy.

He had, how-ever, kept himself informed regarding these movements, chiefly by means of Hermann Wagener, an old editor of the Kreuzzeitung, and in the year 1878 he felt himself free to return in this matter to his older opinions.

All this means that the execution of natural movements employs simultaneous co-operative activity of a number of points in the motor fields on both sides of the brain together.

The request does not affect the dissemination of news concerning ordinary routine movements or training on the part of the Navy or the Army; its object is to prevent the appearance of anything concerning steps of an exceptional kind which may be rendered necessary by the existing state of affairs.

As a general rule it is restricted to metals which are not cast, for, with some slight exceptions, it is impossible to produce relative movements of the layers in cast iron, steel or cast brass.

The movements of the atmosphere, however, are upon a scale large enough to make this observation easy, and the simplest evidence is obtained from a study of the direction of the air movements in the great wind systems of the globe.

Cadorna was sceptical of an offensive in strength, and thought that the reported movements in the Trentino signified a limited attack, to be undertaken with the object of hampering his offensive towards the east.

This phenomenon of what might have been taken for a piece of Umbrian text appearing in a district remote from Umbria and hemmed in by Latins on the north and Oscan-speaking Samnites on the south is a most curious feature in the geographical distribution of the Italic dialects, and is clearly the result of some complex historical movements.

Meanwhile Macdonald, after struggling through central Italy, had defeated an Austrian force at Modena (June 12, 1799), but Suvarov was able by swift movements utterly to overthrow him at the Trebbia (June 1719).

The hieroglyphic inscriptions of Egypt and the cuneiform inscriptions of Assyria are rich in records of the movements and achievements of armies, the conquest of towns and the subjugation of peoples; but though many of the recorded sites have been identified, their discovery by wandering armies was isolated from their subsequent history and need not concern us here.

Suess,' who points out that the plan of the earth is the result of Suess two movements of the crust - one, subsidence over theory.

The dominant forms result from crustal movements, the subsidiary from secondary reactions o during the action of the primitive forms on mobile distri butions.

Many of the great historic movements of peoples were doubtless due to the gradual change of geographical or climatic conditions; and the slow desiccation of Central Asia has been plausibly suggested as the real cause of the peopling of modern Europe and of the medieval wars of the Old World, the theatres of which were critical points on the great natural lines of communication between east and west.

Still it is brisk in its movements, and its variegated plumage makes it a pleasing bird.

Thus, in spite of his academic sympathy with liberal ideas, he became, together with Metternich, a champion of political stagnation, and co-operated willingly in the reactionary measures against the revolutionary movements in Germany, Italy and Spain.

Some of these officers had been in touch with the revolutionary movements, and had adopted the idea then prevalent in France, Germany and Italy that the best instrument for assuring political progress was to be found in secret societies.

The old tendency illustrated by the outcome of the revolutionary movements of 1848 was once more in evidence - the tendency of merely artificial theories of democratic liberty to succumb to the immemorial instinct of race and race ascendancy.

Documents relating to the political and social movements in Russia (London, 1897).

Accidents due to simple climbing are, however, exceedingly rare, and are usually found associated with a faulty track, with " plunging " movements of the locomotive or vehicle, or with a " tight gauge " at curves or points.

The earliest of these phenomena were the raps already spoken of and other sounds occurring without apparent physical cause, and the similarly mysterious movements of furniture and other objects; and these were shortly followed by the ringing of bells and playing of musical instruments.

Joseph Maxwell, of Bordeaux, has published accounts 8 of raps and movements of objects without contact, witnessed with private and other mediums, which he appears to have observed with care, though he does not describe the conditions sufficiently for others to form any independent judgment about them.

In numerous instances clear evidence of recent movements along the fault planes has been discovered; and frequent earthquakes testify with equal force to the present uplift of the mountain blocks.

From the sense of having full vigour, living or lively qualities or movements, the word, got its chief current meaning of possessing rapidity or speed of movement, mental or physical.

The author designates the story of the later empire at Constantinople (after Heraclius) as " a uniform tale of weakness and misery," a judgment which is entirely false; and in accordance with this doctrine, he makes the empire, which is his proper subject, merely a string for connecting great movements which affected it, such as the Saracen conquests, the Crusades, the Mongol invasions, the Turkish conquests.

During the next fifteen years Taylor's movements are not easily traced.

Under Tiberius, at the death of Caligula, and in the reign of Nero there were threatening movements of the slaves.

He took an active part in the movements in Connecticut preceding the War of Independence, and from 1774 to 1776 was a delegate from Connecticut to the Continental Congress.

Their report is still extant, and among the movements initiated as a result of their visit was the Circulating School system.

Their intrigues in favour of the Greek and other revolutionary movements induced the Porte to dismiss them in 1806, contrary to the arrangement of 1802.

As at Krasnoi in 1812, they went straight for their enemy and after one of the most brilliant series of artillery movements in history, directed by General Drouot, they marched right over their enemy, practically destroying his whole force.

The further movements of Villeneuve's fleet are told under Trafalgar, Battle Of.

In place of the movements of great fleets to a single end, we have a nine years' story (1805-1814) of cruising for the protection of commerce, of convoy, of colonial expeditions to capture French, Dutch or Spanish possessions and of combined naval and military operations in which the British navy was engaged in carrying troops to various countries, and in supporting them on shore.

Here he spent nearly the whole of his life teaching and writing, and took no part in the theological movements of his time.

But the movements of the body are not analogous to the movements of matter; they are caused by a special immaterial force, the soul.