locomotion

(lō'kə-mō'shən)
n.

1. The act of moving from place to place.
2. The ability to move from place to place.

[Latin locō, from a place, ablative of locus, place + MOTION.]

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Movement, or the ability to move, from one place to another. See also gait, amble, gallop (2), rack, trot, walk.

n

The act or power to move from one place to another.

See words rhyming with "locomotion."

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - bevægelse, bevægelsesevne, befordring

Nederlands (Dutch)
voortbeweging, vermogen tot voortbeweging, motoriek, verkeer, vervoer

Français (French)
n. - locomotion

Deutsch (German)
n. - Fortbewegung

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (μετα)κίνηση, μετατόπιση

Italiano (Italian)
locomozione

Português (Portuguese)
n. - locomoção (f)

Русский (Russian)
передвижение, путешествие

Español (Spanish)
n. - locomoción

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - förflyttning, rörelse, rörelseförmåga, (kring)resande, resor, transport, fortskaffningssätt

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
运动, 转位, 移动

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 運動, 轉位, 移動

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 이동, 보행, 걸음걸이, 여행

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 運動, 移動, 運動力, 旅行

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) تحرك, تنقل, سفر‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮ניידות, תנועה, אמצעי-תחבורה‬

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