movement

Definition

Physical motion between points in space.

Etymology

From Middle English mevement, from Old French movement (modern French mouvement), from movoir + -ment; cf. also Medieval Latin movimentum, from Latin movere (“move”). Doublet of moment and momentum. In this sense, displaced native Old English styring, which led to Modern English stirring. Morphologically move + -ment.

Example Sentences

• "I saw a movement in that grass on the hill."
• "social movement"
• "The labor movement has been struggling in America since the passage of the Taft-Hartley act in 1947."

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