locomotion
IPA: ɫoʊkʌmˈoʊʃʌn
noun
- (uncountable) The ability to move from place to place, or the act of doing so.
- (biology, uncountable) Self-powered motion by which a whole organism changes its location through walking, running, jumping, crawling, swimming, brachiating or flying.
- (countable, often preceded by definite article) 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.
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Examples of "locomotion" in Sentences
- The creature is also capable of bipedal locomotion.
- Arboreal locomotion is the locomotion of animals in trees.
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