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1. The use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals
   - gesture
    
2. A natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something
   - movement
    
3. A change of position that does not entail a change of location
   "the reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his surprise";
   - movement, move, motility
    
4. A state of change
   "they were in a state of steady motion"
    
5. A formal proposal for action made to a deliberative assembly for discussion and vote
   "he made a motion to adjourn";
   - question
    
6. The act of changing location from one place to another
   "police controlled the motion of the crowd";
   - movement, move
    
7. An optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object
   "the cinema relies on apparent motion";
   - apparent motion, apparent movement, movement

1. Show, express or direct through movement
   "He motioned his desire to leave";
   - gesticulate, gesture

Derived forms: motions, motioning, motioned

See also: moving, nonmoving, unmoving

Type of: change, communicate, happening, intercommunicate, natural event, occurrence, occurrent, optical illusion, proposal, state, visual communication

Antonym: lifelessness

Encyclopedia: Motion, Andrew