motion
noun
the action or process of moving or of changing place or position; movement.
motional
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a word derived from
motion.
Example Sentences
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Its internal state behaves like a qubit, while its motion acts as a quantum harmonic oscillator that can occupy many different motional states.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 15, 2026
This flexibility allowed them to create a wide variety of unusual motional quantum states using the same trapped-ion system.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 15, 2026
That year, Hall filed a patent for a “loudspeaker with high frequency motional feedback.”
From The Verge ● Oct. 18, 2017
We will now see that the Hall effect is one aspect of the broader phenomenon of induction, and we will find that motional emf can be used as a power source.
From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015
Every motional cause lies outside the object moved.
From Popular scientific lectures by Ernst Mach
