locomotion

The definition of locomotion is motion or the ability to move from one place to another.

(noun)

When a train goes from a station in New York to a station in Pennsylvania, this is an example of locomotion.

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See locomotion in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

motion, or the power of moving, from one place to another

Origin: loco- + motion

See locomotion in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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

Origin:

Origin: Latin locō, from a place

Origin: , ablative of locus, place

Origin: + motion

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