Motion may refer to:
- Motion (physics), any movement or change in position or time
- Motion (legal), a procedural device in law to bring a limited, contested matter before a court
- Motion (democracy), a formal step to introduce a matter for consideration by a group
- Motion (parliamentary procedure), a formal proposal by a member of a deliberative assembly that the assembly take certain action
- Motion (American football), a movement by an offensive player prior to the start of a play
- Motion (geometry), a type of transformation in various geometrical studies
- Motion, the connecting rods and valve-gear of a steam locomotive
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Famous quotes containing the word motion:
“The motion picture is like a picture of a lady in a half- piece bathing suit. If she wore a few more clothes, you might be intrigued. If she wore no clothes at all, you might be shocked. But the way it is, you are occupied with noticing that her knees are too bony and that her toenails are too large. The modern film tries too hard to be real. Its techniques of illusion are so perfect that it requires no contribution from the audience but a mouthful of popcorn.”
—Raymond Chandler (1888–1959)
“Happier of happy though I be, like them
I cannot take possession of the sky,
Mount with a thoughtless impulse, and wheel there,
One of a mighty multitude whose way
And motion is a harmony and dance
Magnificent.”
—William Wordsworth (1770–1850)
“till disproportion’d sin
Jarr’d against natures chime, and with harsh din
Broke the fair musick that all creatures made
To their great Lord, whose love their motion sway’d
In perfect Diapason, whilst they stood
In first obedience, and their state of good.”
—John Milton (1608–1674)