motions in English

noun

1

the action or process of moving or being moved.

the laws of planetary motion

synonyms: movement, moving, locomotion, rise and fall, shifting, progress, passage, passing, transit, course, travel, traveling

2

a formal proposal put to a legislature or committee.

the head of our commission made a motion that we rewrite the constitution

synonyms: proposal, proposition, recommendation, suggestion

verb

1

direct or command (someone) with a movement of the hand or head.

he motioned Dennis to a plush chair

synonyms: gesture, signal, direct, indicate, wave, beckon, nod, gesticulate

2

make a proposal in a deliberative or legislative body.

she recognized the majority leader, who motioned that the body adjourn

noun

movement, moving, locomotion, rise and fall, shifting, progress, passage, passing, transit, course, travel, traveling
gesture, movement, signal, sign, indication, wave, nod, gesticulation
proposal, proposition, recommendation, suggestion
gesture
movement
movement, move
motility, movement, move
question

verb

gesture, gesticulate
gesture, signal, direct, indicate, wave, beckon, nod, gesticulate
gesticulate, gesture

Use "motions" in a sentence

1. Agreed Motions General Information

2. Measurements are used to determine the importance of Alongshore motions relative to cross-shore motions for bed …

3. Administer the shot using smooth, firm motions

4. Motions aside, that tape will be played.

5. Gravity governs the motions of celestial bodies.

6. Muscle rigidity, involuntary grasping and sucking motions.

7. 1 Gravity governs the motions of celestial bodies.

8. He made little flapping motions with his arms.

9. Animatronic had motions using facial and head tracking software

10. 208.10 Calendaring of motions; uniform notice of motion form

11. Bumpy: marked by a series of sharp quick motions.

12. If unstable atmospheric conditions exist, upward motions may be accelerated.

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14. In running the track before detect routine however a number of possible target motions are postulated and the data combined accounting for such motions.

15. Four additional motions have been filed since I last reported.

16. Antifriction bearing for longitudinal motions with a limited sliding path

17. She just went through the motions of being a poetess.

18. I need motions to dismiss, compel, strike, and change venue.

19. Glide the pad over the surface you’re Buffing in circular motions

20. Future action in the field of patents (motions for resolutions tabled

21. Finally the guard steps aside and motions him through the turnstile.

22. That group regularly abuses the process of negotiating joint motions.

23. Sports motions can cause the redistribution of viscera blood flow.

24. The motions of the stars can be approximated in a planetarium.

25. The scientific measurement of the positions and motions of celestial bodies.

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27. Careened: to make a series of unsteady side-to-side motions

28. Careen: to make a series of unsteady side-to-side motions.

29. These forces create corresponding motions or currents in the world's oceans.

30. Motions are assumed to be small so that acceleration terms are negligible.

31. It uses two motors to control the azimuth and polarisation matching motions.

32. However, heating energizes the vibrational, rotational, and electronic motions all at once.

33. Careening: to make a series of unsteady side-to-side motions

34. The N-acetyl methyl and sugar hydroxymethyl (C6) groups exhibit internal motions.

35. This moving image manifests itself in the motions of the heavenly bodies.

36. The key to successful Buffing is a steady hand and regular motions

37. The characters in the bar seemed to be moving with slow jarring motions.

38. Watson's attorneys are expected to file motions asking that the nine remaining Accusers …

39. Its temperature, density, motions, composition, chemical processes, reactions to solar Explanation of Aeronomic

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41. We suggest that the lipid Bilayer supports and harmonizes peristaltic motions through

42. She wiped them off her mother with mechanical motions of her hands.

43. “... It is not enough for anyone just to go through the motions.

44. Geometry, then, is concerned with the production of figures by various motions.

45. The Motion of Thanks on the President ' s Address , motion for adjournment on a matter of public importance , motion of no - confidence , motions for election or removal of the Speaker , Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha or the Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha , privilege motions and also , all resolutions are substantive motions .

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47. The motions of the earth are woven into our daily lives in myriad ways.

48. So we have hypothesized that the pickpocket's curved hand motions may trigger eye control by the mark's pursuit system, whereas fast, straight motions may cause the saccadic system to take the lead.

49. Key words: floor accelerations, ground motions, nonlinear dynamic analyses, nonstructural, operational and functional components.

50. Rule 180 shall also apply to the single vote on alternative motions for resolutions.