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• Motion, change in position
• Locomotion, active movement or travel
• Transport, the movement of people, goods, signals and information
• Defecation, sometimes called a bowel movement
• Movement (clockwork), all the main parts of a watch
• Nastic movements, rapid, reversible responses to non-directional stimuli
• Intermittent mechanism, the device by which film is regularly advanced in a movie camera or projector
• Wh-movement, a syntactic phenomenon
• Movements (sacred dances), collected or authored by G. I. Gurdjieff
• The Movement (literature), writers including Kingsley Amis, Philip Larkin, et. al

In music: This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... In a general sense, locomotion simply means active movement or travel, applying not just to biological individuals. ... Anatomy of the anus and rectum Defecation is the act or process by which organisms eliminate solid or semisolid waste material (feces) from the digestive tract via the anus. ... // Assembly comprising all the main parts of a watch, also used in building many forms of apparatus such as mechanical or electrical counters, switching-devices, bells and, in general, all small portable appliances whose functions are dependent on the division of time. ... Nastic Responses. ... The intermittent mechanism (or movement) is the device by which film is regularly advanced and then held in place for a brief duration of time in a movie camera or movie projector. ... Wh-movement or wh-fronting is a syntactic phenomenon whereby interrogative words (sometimes called wh-words) appear at the beginning of an interrogative sentence. ... The movements is the name given to the collective body of sacred dances that were collected or authored by G. I. Gurdjieff and taught to his students as part of the work of self observation and self study the aim of which was development of a stable subjective and then... The Movement was a term coined by J. D. Scott, literary editor of The Spectator, in 1954 to describe a group of writers including Kingsley Amis, Philip Larkin, Donald Davie, D.J. Enright, John Wain, Elizabeth Jennings, Thom Gunn, and Robert Conquest. ...

• Movement (music), a large division of a larger composition or musical form
• Movement (album), New Order's debut album, released in 1981
• The Movement (album), by Inspectah Deck
• The Movement (group),a techno act from Los Angeles California
• Movement (event), A yearly techno concert in down town Detroit

In social studies: In music, a movement is a large division of a larger composition or musical form. ... Movement was New Orders debut album, released in November 1981 on Factory Records. ... The Movement is the second album of Wu-Tang Clan member Inspectah Deck. ... The Movement was a techno act from Los Angeles California consisting of musicians AJ Mora, Richard Humpty Vission with rapper Hazze. ...

• Art movement, a tendency or style in art with a specific common philosophy or goal
• Cultural movement, change in the way a number of different disciplines approach their work
• New religious movement, a religious, ethical, or spiritual grouping of fairly recent origin
• Social movement, a type of group action

In politics: An art movement is a tendency or style in art with a specific common philosophy or goal, followed by a group of artists during a restricted period of time, or, at least, with the heyday of the movement more or less strictly so restricted (usually a few months, years or... A cultural movement is a change in the way a number of different disciplines approach their work. ... A new religious movement or NRM is a term used to refer to a religious faith, or an ethical, spiritual or philosophical movement of recent origin that isnt part of an established denomination, church, or religious body. ... American Civil Rights Movement is one of the most famous social movements of the 20th century. ...

• Political movement, a social movement working in the area of politics
• National Resistance Movement, a political organization in Uganda
• Democratic Labor Party, a Australian political party also known as 'The Movement'

Politics is the process and method of decision-making for groups of human beings. ... The National Resistance Movement is a political organization in Uganda. ... The Democratic Labor Party (DLP) is a minor political party in Australia that espouses social conservatism. ...

See also

• Offset
• Travel
• Displacement
• Translation (geometry)

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