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A movement executed with the saber or foil; as, tierce point.

To enter, or issue forth, with a quick, sudden movement; to move from place to place suddenly; to dart; -- with in, out, upon, off, etc. He that killed my king . . . Popp'd in between the election and my hopes. Shak. A trick of popping up and down every moment. Swift.

n the true result. -- Guns of position (Mil.), heavy fieldpieces, not designed for quick movements. -- Position finder (Mil.), a range finder. See under Range. -- Position micrometer, a micrometer applied to the tube of an astronomical telescope for measuring angles of position in the field of view. -- Single posit…

Matisse, etc.; but it is more broadly used to include cubism, the theory or practice of a movement in both painting and sculpture which lays stress upon volume as the important attribute of objects and attempts its expression by the use of geometrical figures or solids only; and futurism, a theory or practice which at…

A movement, or part of a figure, in the contradance. Dickens.

Of or pertaining to pression; as, the precessional movement of the equinoxes.

uctory performance, preceding and preparing for the principal matter; a preliminary part, movement, strain, etc.; especially (Mus.), a strain introducing the theme or chief subject; a movement introductory to a fugue, yet independent; -- with recent composers often synonymous with overture. The last Georgic was a good…

Quickly; rapidly; -- a direction for a quick, lively movement or performance; quicker than allegro, or any rate of time except prestissimo.

The act of one who proceeds, or who prosecutes a design or transaction; progress or movement from one thing to another; a measure or step taken in a course of business; a transaction; as, an illegal proceeding; a cautious or a violent proceeding. The proceedings of the high commission. Macaulay.

The act of proceeding; continued forward movement; procedure; progress; advance. "Long process of time." Milton. The thoughts of men are widened with the process of the suns. Tennyson.

ental music which requires an argument or programme to explain the meaning of its several movements.

A regular succession of tones or chords; the movement of the parts in harmony; the order of the modulations in a piece from key to key. Arithmetical progression, a progression in which the terms increase or decrease by equal differences, as the numbers 2, 4, 6, 8, 1010, 8, 6, 4, 2 -- Geometrical progression, a progress…

An impelling act or movement. God works in all things; all obey His first propulsion. Whittier.

Tending, or having power, to propel; driving on; urging. "[The] propulsive movement of the verse." Coleridge.

Of or pertaining to movement produced by action of the mind or will.

Swimming by the expansion and contraction, or lunglike movement, of the body, or of the disk, as do the medusæ.

the transmission of light, sound, etc.; oscillation; vibration; pulsation; impulse; beat; movement. The measured pulse of racing oars. Tennyson. When the ear receives any simple sound, it is struck by a single pulse of the air, which makes the eardrum and the other membranous parts vibrate according to the nature and s…

The act of putting; an action; a movement; a thrust; a push; as, the put of a ball. "A forced put." L'Estrange.

A tremulous agitation; a quick vibratory movement; a shudder; a quivering.

t such as to attract attention; undemonstrative; as, a quiet dress; quiet colors; a quiet movement.