parallel motion
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of parallel motion
First recorded in 1820–30
Example Sentences
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“It’s three minor 9th chords in parallel motion — it’s carrying you,” says original “Everybody Loves the Sunshine” keyboardist Philip Woo.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026
At times, sound and image achieve an exhilarating synchronicity, as when stripes are hurtling across the screen and Reich’s instruments are racing in parallel motion.
From The New Yorker ● May 20, 2019
"The perfect parallel motion of Peaucellier looks so simple," he observed, "and moves so easily that people who see it at work almost universally express astonishment that it waited so long to be discovered."
From Kinematics of Mechanisms from the Time of Watt by Ferguson, Eugene S.
The indicator piston rod actuates an arm or line on the end of which is a pencil, which, by means of a parallel motion, is caused to move in a straight line.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua
It will be seen that the three slits can be closed or opened from the centre by a parallel motion.
From Colour Measurement and Mixture by Abney, W. de W.
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