the act, process, or state of changing place or position; movement; the passing of a body from one place or position to another, whether voluntary or involuntary; -- opposed to rest.-power of, or capacity for, motion.-direction of movement; course; tendency; as, the motion of the planets is from west to east.-change in the relative position of the parts of anything; action of a machine with respect to the relative movement of its parts.-movement of the mind, desires, or passions; mental act, or impulse to any action; internal activity.-a proposal or suggestion looking to action or progress; esp., a formal proposal made in a deliberative assembly; as, a motion to adjourn.-an application made to a court or judge orally in open court. its object is to obtain an order or rule directing some act to be done in favor of the applicant.-change of pitch in successive sounds, whether in the same part or in groups of parts.-a puppet show or puppet.-to make a significant movement or gesture, as with the hand; as, to motion to one to take a seat.-to make proposal; to offer plans.-to direct or invite by a motion, as of the hand or head; as, to motion one to a seat.-to propose; to move.