Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922.
Class II. Words Relating to SpaceSection IV. Motion
1. Motion in General
264. [Successive Change Of Place.] Motion.
stream, flow, flux, run, course, stir; conduction; evolution; kinematics; telekinesis.
RATE, pace, tread, step, stride, gait, port, footfall, cadence, carriage, velocity, angular velocity; clip [colloq.], progress, locomotion; journey [See Journey]; voyage [See Navigation]; transit [See Transference].
RESTLESSNESS (changeableness) [See Changeableness]; unrest.
PUT IN MOTION, set in motion; move; impel [See Impulse]; propel [See Propulsion]; render movable, mobilize.
telekinetic, kinematic or kinematical, evolutionary.
- Eppur si muove.—Galileo
- Es bildet ein Talent sich in der Stille, sich ein Charakter in dem Strom der Welt.
- She ’gan stir With a short uneasy motion.—Coleridge
- Pace came to him like a maiden with a lamp, a new and beautiful wonder.—Dunsany
- Those proud ones swaying home with mainyards backed and bows a cream of foam.—Masefield