locomotion
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4.6
- noun
- /ˌloʊkəˈmoʊʃən/
- Specialized
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locomoción
- Various species of animals have developed unique methods of locomotion that aid in their survival.
- mode of locomotion
- capacity for locomotion
- locomotion control
Plus it freed up half their limbs for stuff other than locomotion, you know?
- Plus it freed up half their limbs for stuff other than locomotion, you know?
- And, you know, we're using learning reinforcement learning to develop algorithms for both locomotion and manipulation.
- But you put a human on a bike and they are by far the most efficient animal when it comes to locomotion.
- The car's mode of the car's mode of locomotion is its tires contact with the ground.
- So today I'll I'll, I'll tell you a bit more about how we do control for leg locomotion.
Examples
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In the process of independent locomotion, infants undergo major changes in perception, cognition, and social and emotional development.
Academic text (2011) -
Because he had the power of locomotion.
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The teacher can vary the means of locomotion for the students.
Academic text (1998) -
By what mysterious mode of locomotion I had arrived there, I cannot say.
Fiction book (1998) -
All animals share a number of basic behaviors (e.g., respiration, locomotion, excretion, secretion).
Academic text (2017) -
The study of locomotion explores how different animals move in their habitats.
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In robotics, mimicking natural locomotion can improve the efficiency of movement for machines.
Synonyms
696
1.5
A change of place when something moves
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1.4
Movement or change in position
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3.4
Being able to move or change position easily
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2.7
How far a part moves in a machine
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8.6
The ability of a living thing or cell to move on its own
Antonyms
How Mobile
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Locomotion comes from two parts: loco- meaning 'place', like in local or location, and motion meaning 'movement'. So locomotion is simply moving from one place to another.