locomotion
pronunciation
How to pronounce locomotion in British English:
UK [ˌləʊkəˈməʊʃn]
How to pronounce locomotion in American English:
US [ˌloʊkəˈmoʊʃn]
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- Noun:
- the power or ability to move
- self-propelled movement
Word Origin
- locomotion (n.)
- 1640s, formed in English from Latin loco "from a place" (ablative of locus "place") + motionem (nominative motio) "motion, a moving."
Example
- 1. Nor is mere locomotion the only benefit .
- 2. And the grid pattern of his bestselling books on locomotion survives in the format of comic strips .
- 3. Having created better legs for moving vertically , he turned his attention to ordinary , horizontal locomotion .
- 4. No self-respecting chinese gentleman - and even less a woman - would be seen sweating under their own locomotion .
- 5. Roboticists have struggled for decades to understand bipedal locomotion , and even today 's most sophisticated robots require huge amounts of energy and computer power to walk on two legs .