as in mobility
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the act or power of moving from place to place
studying the locomotion of spiders Walking is one form of locomotion.
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Recent Examples of locomotion
Scaling this up to a large ornithopod walking at 4 km/h (2.5 mph), trackway calculations would report its locomotion as running at nearly 19 km/h (11.8 mph).
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New Atlas, 24 June 2025
By observing how the robots respond to various surfaces, the team can gather valuable data on locomotion mechanics.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
By combining locomotion and arm control into a single system, ANYmal-D can adjust its posture and gait based on the shuttlecock's path, moving more like a human player.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 19 June 2025
But the novella barrels forward with the locomotion evoked in its title, until the end of Grainier’s days, and the end of the Old West.
—The Atlantic, 15 May 2025
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New Atlas, 24 June 2025
By observing how the robots respond to various surfaces, the team can gather valuable data on locomotion mechanics.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
By combining locomotion and arm control into a single system, ANYmal-D can adjust its posture and gait based on the shuttlecock's path, moving more like a human player.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 19 June 2025
But the novella barrels forward with the locomotion evoked in its title, until the end of Grainier’s days, and the end of the Old West.
—The Atlantic, 15 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for locomotion
Noun
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Finally, Workforce Pell enhances economic mobility.—
Bruno V. Manno,
Forbes.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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At that point, Osbourne’s mobility had been limited by Parkinson’s disease.—
Virginia Chamlee,
People.com,
5 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Job losses, higher consumer prices, and emissions leakage as goods movement relocates to states with fewer regulations but higher pollution levels.—
Timothy Jemal,
Oc Register,
16 Aug. 2025
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Although the temperance movement of the 19th and 20th centuries often distorted its meaning by associating it with alcohol abstinence, its component behaviors have stood the test of time.—
Mary Crossan,
Forbes.com,
16 Aug. 2025
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“Locomotion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/locomotion. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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