Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to motion; characterized by (certain) motions: specifically applied to particular imitative diseases exhibiting peculiar muscular actions, as tarantism.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective of or pertaining to motion.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of or pertaining to
motion
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or relating to or characterized by motion
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Examples
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The motional is a form which by some is considered a special future tense.
The Iroquois Book of Rites Horatio Hale 1856
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Cape Mendocino earthquake created "a large-scale motional electric field" that was detectable by an underwater cable.
Wired Top Stories 2010
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SERAFIN: Barbara Walters who has interviewed everyone at every stage of their lives even she is getting motional about this.
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Forgot to add that I'm very glad you bothered to leave me a comment, delurking is so fraught with motional volatility, as John The Biscuit would day, if I comment and am ignored I'll simply assume I did the equivalent of interrupting a privat conversation, albeit in a public, open blog, and you'll never hear from me again.
Best of Jodifur, day one. jodifur 2007
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Though I often write of myself stomping around the kitchen in frilly little aprons and four-inch stiletto heels like a ridiculously fem-motional domestic diva, that is only me on the outside.
Archive 2007-02-01 2007
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Though I often write of myself stomping around the kitchen in frilly little aprons and four-inch stiletto heels like a ridiculously fem-motional domestic diva, that is only me on the outside.
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As you might imagine, it can be a big motional strain, but CNN's Jason Bellini found one family taking it all in stride.
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According to Hare's studies, when healthy people are shown -neutral" and motional" words, they respond acutely to emotional words, such as cancer or death.
The Big Bad Wolf Patterson, James, 1947- 2003
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They even believe ‘e-motional’ communications could help diagnose and treat patients with emotional or medical problems.
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SHEN training includes instruction in hand scanning, biofield sweeps, chronic pain evaluations, intrinsic motional techniques, and dealing with such emotional issues as depression, anxiety attacks, blocked grief, and post-traumatic stress disorders.
You’re Certifiable Joel Naftali Lee 1999
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