Definition of movement

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Movement (n.) One of the several strains or pieces, each complete in itself, with its own time and rhythm, which make up a larger work; as, the several movements of a suite or a symphony..

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Poussette :: Poussette (n.) A movement, or part of a figure, in the contradance..
Quietly :: Quietly (adv.) Noiselessly; silently; without remark or violent movement; in a manner to attract little or no observation; as, he quietly left the room..
Seismography :: Seismography (n.) The art of registering the shocks and undulatory movements of earthquakes.
Attacca :: Attacca () Attack at once; -- a direction at the end of a movement to show that the next is to follow immediately, without any pause..
Time :: Time (v. t.) To regulate as to time; to accompany, or agree with, in time of movement..
Dodge :: Dodge (n.) The act of evading by some skillful movement; a sudden starting aside; hence, an artful device to evade, deceive, or cheat; a cunning trick; an artifice..
Figure :: Figure (n.) Any one of the several regular steps or movements made by a dancer.
Balance :: Balance (n.) A movement in dancing. See Balance, v. i., S..
Sonata :: Sonata (n.) An extended composition for one or two instruments, consisting usually of three or four movements; as, Beethoven's sonatas for the piano, for the violin and piano, etc..
Courtesy :: Courtesy (v. i.) To make a respectful salutation or movement of respect; esp. (with reference to women), to bow the body slightly, with bending of the knes..
Laughter :: Laughter (v. i.) A movement (usually involuntary) of the muscles of the face, particularly of the lips, with a peculiar expression of the eyes, indicating merriment, satisfaction, or derision, and usually attended by a sonorous and interrupted expulsion of air from the lungs. See Laugh, v. i..
Dance :: Dance (v. i.) To move with measured steps, or to a musical accompaniment; to go through, either alone or in company with others, with a regulated succession of movements, (commonly) to the sound of music; to trip or leap rhythmically..
Meander :: Meander (n.) A tortuous or intricate movement.
Tempo :: Tempo (n.) The rate or degree of movement in time.
Constriction :: Constriction (n.) The act of constricting by means of some inherent power or by movement or change in the thing itself, as distinguished from compression..
Nutation :: Nutation (n.) The motion of a flower in following the apparent movement of the sun, from the east in the morning to the west in the evening..
Twinkling :: Twinkling (n.) The act of one who, or of that which, twinkles; a quick movement of the eye; a wink; a twinkle..
Washingtonian :: Washingtonian (a.) Designating, or pertaining to, a temperance society and movement started in Baltimore in 1840 on the principle of total abstinence..
Pneumatograph :: Pneumatograph (n.) An instrument for recording the movements of the thorax or chest wall during respiration; -- also called stethograph.
Signature :: Signature (v. t.) The designation of the key (when not C major, or its relative, A minor) by means of one or more sharps or flats at the beginning of the staff, immediately after the clef, affecting all notes of the same letter throughout the piece or movement. Each minor key has the same signature as its relative major..
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