locomotion

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Noun

locomotion (uncountable)

1. The ability to move from place to place, or the act of doing so.
2. (biology) Self-powered motion by which a whole organism changes its location through walking, running, jumping, crawling, swimming or flying.
3. (countable) A dance, originally popular in the 1960s, in which the arms are used to mimic the motion of the connecting rods of a steam locomotive.

Translations

• French: locomotion
• Italian: locomozione
• Portuguese: locomoção
• Russian: ход
• Spanish: locomoción

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