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
Researchers at the university have also been developing ways to optimize jumping locomotion in robotics, taking cues from insects, amphibians and vertebrates, and investigating the use of gecko-style bots.
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New Atlas, 2 Nov. 2025
Jogging is another of the designer’s preferred means of locomotion.
—Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 29 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
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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New Atlas, 2 Nov. 2025
Jogging is another of the designer’s preferred means of locomotion.
—Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 29 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
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for locomotion
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Graz University of Technology (TU Graz) and mobility technology company Magna have unveiled one of Europe’s most advanced driving simulators.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
28 Jan. 2026
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State law requires people with them to have long-term or temporary mobility impairments.—
Larry Seward,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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The do-it-yourself movement is gaining a resurgence.—
Nolan Finley The Detroit News,
Arkansas Online,
8 Jan. 2026
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Fortunately for Fulham, the loose ball falls to their centre-forward, as the opposite movements of Jimenez and Sessegnon bamboozle Emmanuel Agbadou.—
Ahmed Walid,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2026
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“Locomotion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/locomotion. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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