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m one situation to another; natural or appropriate motion; progress; advancement; as, the movement of an army in marching or maneuvering; the movement of a wheel or a machine; the party of movement.

A movement in opposition to another.

The movement which separates a limb or other part from the axis, or middle line, of the body.

Gradually accelerating the movement.

Movement; as, the horse has a spirited action.

Quick in physical movement; of an agile and vigorous body; nimble; as, an active child or animal. Active and nervous was his gait. Wordsworth.

A bringing into action; movement. Bp. Pearson.

Slow; slowly, leisurely, and gracefully. When repeated, adagio, adagio, it directs the movement to be very slow.

A plane or arched surface for sustaining bodies by its movement through the air; a spread wing, as of a bird.

Tending to aggravate. Ag*gres"sive*ly, adv. -- Ag*gres"sive*ness, n. No aggressive movement was made. Macaulay.

neral to carry orders, also to assist or represent him in correspondence and in directing movements.

Carriage; attitude; action; movement; as, the head of that portrait has a good air. Fairholt.

Paralysis of the motor nerves; loss of movement. Foster.

A movement in this time.

An allegro movement; a quick, sprightly strain or piece.

A movement like the amble of a horse.

A field hospital, so organized as to follow an army in its movements, and intended to succor the wounded as soon as possible. Often used adjectively; as, an ambulance wagon; ambulance stretcher; ambulance corps.

Resembling an amoeba; amoeba-shaped; changing in shape like an amoeba. Amoeboid movement, movement produced, as in the amoeba, by successive processes of prolongation and retraction.

The extent of a movement measured from the starting point or position of equilibrium; -- applied especially to vibratory movements.

A movement or piece in andante time.