The action or process of moving or being moved. Also a formal proposal put to a legislature or committee, or a gesture used to convey an idea.
From Latin motionem meaning "a moving, a motion," from movere "to move." Entered English through Old French mocion in the 14th century.
Everything in the universe is in motion, from atoms to galaxies. When you make a motion in a meeting, you are setting an idea in motion too.
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