Dictionary entry

Locomotion

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Lo′co‐mo″tion (?), n. [L. locus place + motio motion: cf. F. locomotion. See Local, and Motion.] 1. The act of moving from place to place. “ Animal locomotion.” Milton.

2. The power of moving from place to place, characteristic of the higher animals and some of the lower forms of plant life.