The method of locomotion where an animal swings from one arm hold to another, moving through space using primarily the arms.
From 'brachiate' (to move by swinging arms) + Latin suffix '-tion' (creating a noun). This scientific term emerged in 19th-century primatology to formally describe gibbon and ape movement.
Brachiation requires incredible upper body strength and precise spatial awareness—a gibbon's arm muscles are five times stronger than a human's relative to body size.
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