locomotion

[ loh-kuh-moh-shuhn ]

noun

1. the act or power of moving from place to place.

locomotion

/ ˌləʊkəˈməʊʃən /

noun

1. the act, fact, ability, or power of moving

locomotion

/ lō′kə-mō′shən /

1. The movement of an organism from one place to another, often by the action of appendages such as flagella, limbs, or wings. In some animals, such as fish, locomotion results from a wavelike series of muscle contractions.

Word History and Origins

Origin of locomotion¹

First recorded in 1640–50; locomotive, motion

Word History and Origins

Origin of locomotion¹

C17: from Latin locō from a place, ablative of locus place + motion

Example Sentences

For instance building an internal library of the improvised gaits as a sort of “medium-term” memory, or using vision to predict the necessity of initiating a new style of locomotion.

From TechCrunch

What’s fun is the possibility that knuckle-walking might actually be the more recently evolved locomotion.

From Nautilus

In their new animated film, Raya and the Last Dragon, the sidekick who transports the warrior princess also relies on rolling locomotion.

From Science News For Students

On Guam, smooth-barked trees are very rare, so the snakes probably haven’t needed to resort to lasso locomotion much.

From Popular-Science

According to the zoo, he now is working on his third technique of locomotion.

From Washington Post

Ashley Blanchet churns through “The Locomotion,” as Little Eva, who, of course, baby sat for King and Goffin.

From The Daily Beast

Probably those cast-iron wheels were ordered with a view to steam locomotion in the Cordilleras.

From Project Gutenberg

Many, well qualified to judge, were satisfied that it would prove more economical than steam locomotion.

From Project Gutenberg

His high-pressure steam-engine was the pioneer of locomotion and its wide-spreading civilization.

From Project Gutenberg

Hitherto, all motor-propelled cycles had used the power of the engine of whatever form it was merely as an aid to locomotion.

From Project Gutenberg

Their employment in locomotion would interfere seriously with their utility in this direction.

From Project Gutenberg