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a change of position that does not entail a change of location
<noun.act>   freq. cnt.: 31 freq. cnt.: 24 freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 1

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"the reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his surprise"
"movement is a sign of life"
"an impatient move of his hand"
"gastrointestinal motility"
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abduction adduction agitation body English circumduction disturbance fetal movement, foetal movement flit, dart gesture headshake, headshaking inclination, inclining inversion, eversion, everting inversion, upending jerk, jerking, jolt, saccade kick, kicking kneel, kneeling pitching, lurch, pitch eye movement opening prostration stretch, reach, reaching reciprocation reclining retraction retroflection, retroflexion rotation, rotary motion closing, shutting sitting sitting, posing snap squatting, squat sweep toss vibration, quiver, quivering wave flutter, waver, flicker standing straddle, span stroke wiggle, wriggle, squirm eurythmy, eurhythmy, eurythmics, eurhythmics