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Movement
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(1): the act or process of moving
; especially : change of place or position or posture
(2): a particular instance or manner of moving b
(1): a tactical or strategic shifting of a military unit : maneuver
(2): the advance of a military unit c: action
, activity —usually used in plural2 a: tendency
, trend <detected a movement toward fairer pricing> b: a series of organized activities working toward an objective
; also : an organized effort to promote or attain an end <the civil rights movement>3: the moving parts of a mechanism that transmit a definite motion4 a: motion 7 b: the rhythmic character or quality of a musical composition c: a distinct structural unit or division having its own key, rhythmic structure, and themes and forming part of an extended musical composition d: particular rhythmic flow of language : cadence5 a: the quality (as in a painting or sculpture) of representing or suggesting motion b: the vibrant quality in literature that comes from elements that constantly hold a reader's interest (as a quickly moving action-filled plot)6 a: an act of voiding the bowels b: matter expelled from the bowels at one passage
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