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Movement
The term Movement has a variety of different meanings:
- Physical movement between points in space ("A to B"). The amount of movement is called distance. Together with a direction you have a displacement. The rate of movement is the speed. Again, with the direction, you get the velocity. Active movement is called locomotion. See also under motion and transport.
- In music, a movement is a large division of a larger composition. Symphonies are typically divided into four movements, for example, and concertos into three. Each movement has a distinct tempo and structure. Movement is also the title of New Order's 1982 debut album.
- In computer games, a movement is a special way the player can lead his alter ego through the virtual reality.
- In horology: for a clockwork, a clock, or a watch a movement is the device that is cutting time in equal portions
- Movement can also refer to the metrical or rhythmical properties of poetry.
- Biologically a movement or bowel movement refers to the elimination of solid waste from the body.
- In Aviation, the amount of traffic that an airport handles is described in movements per year, where one "movement" consists of a aircraft taking off or landing.
- In linguistics and transformational grammar, syntactic movement refers to a process in which the deep structure of a linguistic expression is transformed to surface structure. One example of such movement is wh-movement.
- Movement is the term commonly used to refer to a trend in various fields.
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