MOVEMENT

noun Date: 14th century 1. a. the act or process of moving, a particular instance or manner of moving, b. a tactical or strategic shifting of a military unit ; maneuver , the advance of a military unit, action , activity , 2. tendency , trend , a series of organized activities working toward an objective, the moving parts of a mechanism that transmit a definite motion, 4. motion 7, the rhythmic character or quality of a musical composition, a distinct structural unit or division having its own key, rhythmic structure, and themes and forming part of an extended musical composition, particular rhythmic flow of language ; cadence , 5. the quality (as in a painting or sculpture) of representing or suggesting motion, the vibrant quality in literature that comes from elements that constantly hold a reader's interest (as a quickly moving action-filled plot), 6. an act of voiding the bowels, matter expelled from the bowels at one passage