[move.ment] n (14c) 1 a (1): the act or process of moving; esp: change of place or position or posture (2): a particular instance or manner of moving b (1): a tactical or strategic shifting of a military unit: maneuver (2): the advance of a military unit c: action, activity--usu. used in pl.
2. a: tendency, trend "detected a ~ toward fairer pricing" b: a series of organized activities working toward an objective; also: an organized effort to promote or attain an end "the civil rights ~"
3: the moving parts of a mechanism that transmit a definite motion
4. a: motion
7. b: the rhythmic character or quality of a musical composition c: a distinct structural unit or division having its own key, rhythmic structure, and themes and forming part of an extended musical composition d: particular rhythmic flow of language: cadence
5. a: the quality (as in a painting or sculpture) of representing or suggesting motion b: the vibrant quality in literature that comes from elements that constantly hold a reader's interest (as a quickly moving action-filled plot)
6. a: an act of voiding the bowels b: matter expelled from the bowels at one passage