motion
noun
the action or process of moving or of changing place or position; movement.
self-motion
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a word derived from
motion.
Example Sentences
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But self-motion has consequences as much as any other motion.
From Sermons to the Natural Man by William G. T. (William Greenough Thayer) Shedd
For it contains an abundant vestige of self-motion, but not that which is true and converted to itself, and on this account perfectly separated from a subject.
From Introduction to the Philosophy and Writings of Plato by Thomas Taylor
Wherefore it lives and does not differ from a living being, but is fixed and rooted in the same spot, having no power of self-motion.
From Timaeus by Benjamin Jowett
But if the self-moving is proved to be immortal, he who affirms that self-motion is the very idea and essence of the soul will not be put to confusion.
From Phaedrus by Benjamin Jowett
Spoons, knives, plates, mustard-pots, rolling-pins, and flat-irons appeared suddenly endued with the power of self-motion, and were whirled from room to room, and rattled down the chimneys in a manner which nobody could account for.
From Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 2 by Charles Mackay
