Hypertext Webster Gateway: "movement"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Movement \Move"ment\, n. [F. mouvement. See {Move}, and cf.
{Moment}.]
1. The act of moving; change of place or posture;
transference, by any means, from one situation to another;
natural or appropriate motion; progress; advancement; as,
the movement of an army in marching or maneuvering; the
movement of a wheel or a machine; the party of movement.
2. Motion of the mind or feelings; emotion.
3. Manner or style of moving; as, a slow, or quick, or
sudden, movement.
4. (Mus.)
(a) The rhythmical progression, pace, and tempo of a
piece. ``Any change of time is a change of movement.''
--Busby.
(b) One of the several strains or pieces, each complete in
itself, with its own time and rhythm, which make up a
larger work; as, the several movements of a suite or a
symphony.
5. (Mech.) A system of mechanism for transmitting motion of a
definite character, or for transforming motion; as, the
wheelwork of a watch.
{Febrille movement} (Med.), an elevation of the body
temperature; a fever.
{Movement cure}. (Med.) See {Kinesiatrics}.
{Movement of the bowels}, an evacuation or stool; a passage
or discharge.
Syn: Motion.
Usage: {Movement}, {Motion}. Motion expresses a general idea
of not being at rest; movement is oftener used to
express a definite, regulated motion, esp. a progress.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
movement
n 1: 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"
[syn: {motion}, {move}, {motility}]
2: a natural event that involves a change in the position or
location of something [syn: {motion}]
3: the act of changing your location from one place to another;
"police controlled the motion of the crowd"; "the movement
of people from the farms to the cities"; "his move put him
directly in my path" [syn: {motion}, {move}]
4: a group of people with a common ideology who try together to
achieve certain general goals; "he was a charter member of
the movement"; "politicians have to respect a mass
movement"; "he led the national liberation front" [syn: {social
movement}, {front}]
5: a major self-contained part of a symphony or sonata; "the
second movement is slow and melodic"
6: a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward
a particular end; "he supported populist campaigns"; "they
worked in the cause of world peace"; "the team was ready
for a drive toward the pennant"; "the movement to end
slavery"; "contributed to the war effort" [syn: {campaign},
{cause}, {crusade}, {drive}, {effort}]
7: 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" [syn: {apparent
motion}, {motion}, {apparent movement}]
8: a euphemism for defecation; "he had a bowel movement" [syn:
{bowel movement}, {bm}]
9: the driving and regulating parts of a mechanism (as of a
watch or clock); "it was an expensive watch with a diamond
movement"
10: the act of changing the location of something; "the movement
of cargo onto the vessel"
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