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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Movement \Move"ment\, n. [F. mouvement. See {Move}, and cf. {Moment}.] 1. The act of moving in space; change of place or posture; motion; as, the movement of an army in marching or maneuvering; the movement of a wheel or a machine. [1913 Webster] 2. Manner or style of moving; as, a slow, or quick, or sudden, movement. [1913 Webster] 3. Transference, by any means, from one situation to another; a change of situation; progress toward a goal; advancement; as, after months of fruitless discussion there was finally some movement toward an agreement. [1913 Webster +PJC] 4. Motion of the mind or feelings; emotion. [1913 Webster] 5. (Mus.) (a) The rhythmical progression, pace, and tempo of a piece. "Any change of time is a change of movement." --Busby. (b) One of the several strains or pieces, each complete in itself, with its own time and rhythm, which make up a larger work; as, the several movements of a suite or a symphony. [1913 Webster] 6. (Mech.) A system of mechanism for transmitting motion of a definite character, or for transforming motion; as, the wheelwork of a watch; as, a seventeen jewel movement. [1913 Webster] 7. A more or less organized effort by many people to achieve some goal, especially a social or artistic goal; as, the women's liberation movement; the progressive movement in architecture. [PJC] {Febrile movement} (Med.), an elevation of the body temperature; a fever. {Movement cure}. (Med.) See {Kinesiatrics}. {Movement of the bowels}, an evacuation or stool; a passage or discharge. [1913 Webster] Syn: Motion. Usage: {Movement}, {Motion}. Motion expresses a general idea of not being at rest; movement is oftener used to express a definite, regulated motion, esp. a progress. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: movement n 1: a change of position that does not entail a change of location; "the reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his surprise"; "movement is a sign of life"; "an impatient move of his hand"; "gastrointestinal motility" [syn: {motion}, {movement}, {move}, {motility}] 2: the act of changing location from one place to another; "police controlled the motion of the crowd"; "the movement of people from the farms to the cities"; "his move put him directly in my path" [syn: {motion}, {movement}, {move}] 3: a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something [syn: {movement}, {motion}] 4: a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals; "he was a charter member of the movement"; "politicians have to respect a mass movement"; "he led the national liberation front" [syn: {movement}, {social movement}, {front}] 5: a major self-contained part of a symphony or sonata; "the second movement is slow and melodic" 6: a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end; "he supported populist campaigns"; "they worked in the cause of world peace"; "the team was ready for a drive toward the pennant"; "the movement to end slavery"; "contributed to the war effort" [syn: {campaign}, {cause}, {crusade}, {drive}, {movement}, {effort}] 7: an optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object; "the cinema relies on apparent motion"; "the succession of flashing lights gave an illusion of movement" [syn: {apparent motion}, {motion}, {apparent movement}, {movement}] 8: a euphemism for defecation; "he had a bowel movement" [syn: {bowel movement}, {movement}, {bm}] 9: a general tendency to change (as of opinion); "not openly liberal but that is the trend of the book"; "a broad movement of the electorate to the right" [syn: {drift}, {trend}, {movement}] 10: the driving and regulating parts of a mechanism (as of a watch or clock); "it was an expensive watch with a diamond movement" 11: the act of changing the location of something; "the movement of cargo onto the vessel"