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How to sign: a change of position that does not entail a change of location
"the reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his surprise"; "movement is a sign of life"; "an impatient move of his hand"; "gastrointestinal motility";
Similiar / Same: motility, motion, move
Categories: change
Within this category: abduction, adduction, agitation, body English, circumduction, disturbance, eurythmy, fetal movement, flit, gesture, headshake, inclination, inversion, inversion, jerk, kick, kneel, lurch, nystagmus, opening, prostration, reach, reciprocation, reclining, retraction, retroflection, rotation, shutting, sitting, sitting, snap, squat, standing, straddle, stroke, sweep, toss, vibration, wave, waver, wiggle
How to sign: a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something
Similiar / Same: motion
Categories: happening, natural event, occurrence
Within this category: approach, bending, Brownian movement, change of location, crustal movement, deflection, heave, passing, periodic motion, recoil, recoil, seek, squeeze, throw, turning, twist, undulation, wave, wave, whirl, wobble
