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locomotion

[ loh-kuh-moh-shuhn ]

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noun

locomotion

/ ˌləʊkəˈməʊʃən /

locomotion

/ lō′kə-mō′shən /

The movement of an organism from one place to another, often by the action of appendages such as flagella, limbs, or wings. In some animals, such as fish, locomotion results from a wavelike series of muscle contractions.

First recorded in 1640–50; locomotive, motion

C17: from Latin locō from a place, ablative of locus place + motion

Ashley Blanchet churns through “The Locomotion,” as Little Eva, who, of course, baby sat for King and Goffin.

Probably those cast-iron wheels were ordered with a view to steam locomotion in the Cordilleras.

Many, well qualified to judge, were satisfied that it would prove more economical than steam locomotion.

His high-pressure steam-engine was the pioneer of locomotion and its wide-spreading civilization.

Hitherto, all motor-propelled cycles had used the power of the engine of whatever form it was merely as an aid to locomotion.

Their employment in locomotion would interfere seriously with their utility in this direction.

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