locomotion

lo·co·mo·tion  (lk-mshn)

n.

1. The act of moving from place to place.

2. The ability to move from place to place.

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[Latin loc, from a place, ablative of locus, place + motion.]

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locomotion

Noun

the act or power of moving [Latin loco from a place + motion]

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locomotion  (lk-mshn)

The movement of an organism from one place to another, often by the action of appendages such as flagella, limbs, or wings. In some animals, such as fish, locomotion results from a wavelike series of muscle contractions.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	locomotion - the power or ability to move         motive power, motivity mobility - the quality of moving freely
	2.	locomotion - self-propelled movement               travel movement, move, motion - the act of changing location from one place to another; "police controlled the motion of the crowd"; "the movement of people from the farms to the cities"; "his move put him directly in my path" brachiation - swinging by the arms from branch to branch walk, walking - the act of traveling by foot; "walking is a healthy form of exercise" step - the act of changing location by raising the foot and setting it down; "he walked with unsteady steps" gait - a horse's manner of moving running, run - the act of running; traveling on foot at a fast pace; "he broke into a run"; "his daily run keeps him fit" lope, trot, jog - a slow pace of running crawling, creeping, crawl, creep - a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body; "a crawl was all that the injured man could manage"; "the traffic moved at a creep" circle, lap, circuit - movement once around a course; "he drove an extra lap just for insurance" dance step, step - a sequence of foot movements that make up a particular dance; "he taught them the waltz step" stroke - any one of the repeated movements of the limbs and body used for locomotion in swimming or rowing