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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