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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Locomotion \Lo'co*mo"tion\, noun [L. locus place + motio motion: cf. F. locomotion. See {Local}, and {Motion}.]
1. The act of moving from place to place. '' Animal locomotion.'' --Milton.
2. The power of moving from place to place, characteristic of the higher animals and some of the lower forms of plant life.
3. The name of a song and a dance, briefly popular in the 1960's; as, do the locomotion. [PJC]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
locomotion
noun
1: the power or ability to move [syn: {motive power}, {motivity}]
2: self-propelled movement [syn: {travel}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
23 Moby Thesaurus words for "locomotion": commutation, course, crossing, globe-trotting, going, journeying, mobility, motility, motion, motive power, motivity, movableness, movement, moving, passage, progress, tourism, touristry, traject, trajet, transit, travel, traveling
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