locomotion
The ability to move from place to place, or the act of doing so.
Other meanings
Self-powered motion by which a whole organism changes its location through walking, running, jumping, crawling, swimming, brachiating or flying.
A dance, originally popular in the 1960s, in which the arms are used to mimic the motion of the connecting rods of a steam locomotive.
Synonyms
- motive power
Related words
- biolocomotion
- hyperlocomotion
- hypolocomotion
- locomotive
- locomotor
Word history
From Latin "moveō" (movēre).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “locomotion” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.