locomotion
noun
lo·co·mo·tion
ˌlō-kə-ˈmō-shən 
1
: an act or the power of moving from place to place
2
: travel
interest in free locomotion and choice of occupation—
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Zechariah Chafee Jr.Examples of locomotion in a Sentence
Walking is one form of locomotion.
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Its geometry can be tailored for specific scenarios, and in one demonstration, the humanoid gymnast robot used its flexible limbs to swing along a ceiling for locomotion.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2025
The engineers explain that the robot’s balance and locomotion have been trained in a simulated environment with slopes, obstacles, and interfering forces, where it has been run for hundreds of thousands of virtual hours.
—Billy Perrigo, Time, 9 Oct. 2025
Something about the idea my father had that summer, something about swimming as a form of locomotion across the landscape, stays with people.
—Susan Cheever, Vogue, 29 Sep. 2025
Since then about 500 generations of brown rats have lived here and have developed unique genetic adaptations related to metabolism, diet, nervous system and locomotion.
—Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 13 Sep. 2025
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Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2025
The engineers explain that the robot’s balance and locomotion have been trained in a simulated environment with slopes, obstacles, and interfering forces, where it has been run for hundreds of thousands of virtual hours.
—Billy Perrigo, Time, 9 Oct. 2025
Something about the idea my father had that summer, something about swimming as a form of locomotion across the landscape, stays with people.
—Susan Cheever, Vogue, 29 Sep. 2025
Since then about 500 generations of brown rats have lived here and have developed unique genetic adaptations related to metabolism, diet, nervous system and locomotion.
—Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 13 Sep. 2025
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“Locomotion.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/locomotion. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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locomotion
noun
lo·co·mo·tion
ˌlō-kə-ˈmō-shən
: the act or power of moving from place to place
Medical Definition
locomotion
noun
lo·co·mo·tion
ˌlō-kə-ˈmō-shən
: an act or the power of moving from place to place : progressive movement (as of an animal body)
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