motional
- a word derived from motion.
Example Sentences
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These observations confirmed that the experiment had successfully produced genuine quantum superpositions composed of truly nonclassical motional states.
From Science Daily • Jun. 15, 2026
Laser light can cool a nanoscale-sized glass sphere to its motional ground state.
From Science Daily • Jan. 10, 2024
That year, Hall filed a patent for a “loudspeaker with high frequency motional feedback.”
From The Verge • Oct. 18, 2017
A 40.0 V motional emf was generated in the Earth’s 5.00×10−5 T field, while moving at 7.80×103 m/s .
From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015
Real sympathy is motional as well as emotional; energetic, as well as pathetic, taking no pleasure in "tears, idle tears."
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