Musical Dictionary

movement

Definition (noun): a change of position that does not entail a change of location

Example: the reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his surprise

Definition (noun): a change of position that does not entail a change of location

Example: movement is a sign of life

Definition (noun): a change of position that does not entail a change of location

Example: an impatient move of his hand

Definition (noun): a change of position that does not entail a change of location

Example: gastrointestinal motility

Definition (noun): the act of changing location from one place to another

Example: police controlled the motion of the crowd

Definition (noun): the act of changing location from one place to another

Example: the movement of people from the farms to the cities

Definition (noun): the act of changing location from one place to another

Example: his move put him directly in my path

Definition (noun): a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something

Definition (noun): a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals

Example: he was a charter member of the movement

Definition (noun): a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals

Example: politicians have to respect a mass movement

Definition (noun): a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals

Example: he led the national liberation front

Definition (noun): a major self-contained part of a symphony or sonata

Example: the second movement is slow and melodic

Definition (noun): a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end

Example: he supported populist campaigns

Definition (noun): a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end

Example: they worked in the cause of world peace

Definition (noun): a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end

Example: the team was ready for a drive toward the pennant

Definition (noun): a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end

Example: the movement to end slavery

Definition (noun): a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end

Example: contributed to the war effort

Definition (noun): an optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object

Example: the cinema relies on apparent motion

Definition (noun): an optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object

Example: the succession of flashing lights gave an illusion of movement

Definition (noun): a euphemism for defecation

Example: he had a bowel movement

Definition (noun): a general tendency to change (as of opinion)

Example: not openly liberal but that is the trend of the book

Definition (noun): a general tendency to change (as of opinion)

Example: a broad movement of the electorate to the right

Definition (noun): the driving and regulating parts of a mechanism (as of a watch or clock)

Example: it was an expensive watch with a diamond movement

Definition (noun): the act of changing the location of something

Example: the movement of cargo onto the vessel