Word
locomotion
Phoneticslo·co·mo·tion
US/ˌɫoʊkəˈmoʊʃən/
UK/lˌəʊkəmˈəʊʃən/
Definition
n. the ability to move from one place to another. In biology, it refers to how animals or plants move their bodies to survive.
n. the ability to move from one place to another. In a biological context, it describes the various mechanisms and structures that enable an organism to move.
Examples
“The fish uses its tail for locomotion in the water.”
“Many desert animals have evolved specialized locomotion to move quickly across loose sand without sinking.”
“The study of locomotion in insects reveals how tiny legs and wings work together to achieve remarkable speed and agility in complex environments.”
Examples
simple
“The fish uses its tail for locomotion in the water.”
contextual
“Many desert animals have evolved specialized locomotion to move quickly across loose sand without sinking.”
complex
“The study of locomotion in insects reveals how tiny legs and wings work together to achieve remarkable speed and agility in complex environments.”
Real-World Examples
“In 2008, Nakagaki and his colleagues subjected a Physarum to cold, dry air streamed at regular hourly intervals, prompting it to slow its locomotion.” “As with the garden snails, there is one that acts as a lubricant to help with locomotion and an adhesive mucus to help the snail stick to various surfaces.” Etymology
From French locomotion, from Latin locō (literally “from a place”) (ablative of locus (“place”)) + mōtiōnem (“motion, a moving”) (nominative mōtio), from Latin movēre (“move; change, exchange, go in or out, quit”), from Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- (“to move, drive”).
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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