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  • 41MOTION — n. f. Proposition faite dans une assemblée délibérante par un de ses membres. On a fait une motion pour tel objet, sur tel objet, relativement à tel objet. Appuyer une motion. Délibérer sur une motion. Retirer, repousser, rejeter une motion.… …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 8eme edition (1935)

  • 42Motion — This most interesting surname is acknowledged to be Scottish in its modern spelling form, and has been so far at least two centuries, however its origins may lie elsewhere. It appears to derive from the Latin Motio which means Motion , a word… …

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  • 43motion — A proposal put before a meeting for discussion. Usually members of a company who attend a meeting of the company receive a notice of motion to enable them to consider the motion before the meeting. If the motion is passed by a majority of the… …

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  • 44motion — I. noun Etymology: Middle English mocioun, from Anglo French motion, from Latin motion , motio movement, from movēre to move Date: 14th century 1. a. an act, process, or instance of changing place ; movement b. an active or functioning state or… …

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  • 45Motion — Mo|ti|on 〈f. 20〉 1. Bewegung 2. Antrag im Parlament 3. 〈Gramm.〉 3.1 Fähigkeit, verschiedene Genusformen zu bilden (besonders des Adjektivs) 3.2 Ableitung von Femina aus Maskulina mithilfe von Suffixen, z. B. Arzt/Ärztin; → Lexikon der Sprachlehre …

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  • 46motion —   1. Movement. Oni, au, ne e, mōkio.    ♦ Motion of hands and fingers, hei.    ♦ Repeated motion, hulehulei.    ♦ Set in motion. ho ohele.   2. Parliamentary. Noi.    ♦ To second a motion, kōkua …

    English-Hawaiian dictionary

  • 47motion — Also see angular motion lost motion perpetual motion machine perpetual motion rotation …

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  • 48Motion (EP) — Infobox Album Name = Motion Type = EP Artist = The Mayfield Four Released = 1997 Recorded = Genre = Alternative rock Length = 16:50 Label = Sony Music Producer = Reviews = Last album = This album = Motion (1997) Next album = Fallout (1998) Motion …

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  • 49motion — 1. noun 1) a planet s motion around the sun Syn: movement, locomotion, progress, passage, transit, course, travel, orbit 2) a motion of the hand Syn: gesture, movement, signal …

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  • 50motion — mo•tion [[t]ˈmoʊ ʃən[/t]] n. 1) the action or process of moving or of changing place or position; movement 2) power of movement, as of a living body 3) the manner of moving the body in walking; gait 4) a bodily movement or change of posture;… …

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