κίνηση — meaning in English

English meaning

• action noun The process of doing something, especially to achieve a purpose.
• motion noun Movement from one place or position to another.
• move verb To change position or location.
• movement noun An act of changing position or place, or the general fact of not being still.

Senses

κίνηση is used for these senses in English:

• action (mathematics) A way in which each element of some algebraic structure transforms some other structure or set, in a way which respects the structure of the first. Formally, this may be seen as a morphism from the first structure into some structure of endomorphisms of the second; for example, a group action of a group G on a set S can be seen as a group homomorphism from G into the set of bijections on S (which form a group under function composition), while a module M over a ring R can be defined as an abelian group together with a ring homomorphism from R into the ring of group endomorphisms of M (which is also called the action of R on M).
• motion (uncountable) A state of progression from one place to another.
• move (board games) The act of moving a token on a gameboard from one position to another according to the rules of the game.
• movement Physical motion between points in space.
• movement A trend in various fields or social categories, a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals.

action — full definition

1. noun The process of doing something, especially to achieve a purpose.
2. noun Exciting or fast-paced activity, especially in a film or story.
3. noun A formal legal proceeding; a lawsuit.
4. noun The mechanism of a device, such as a firearm or musical instrument, that makes it work.

motion — full definition

1. noun Movement from one place or position to another.
2. noun A formal proposal put forward for discussion or a vote, especially in a meeting or a court of law.
3. verb To signal with a gesture what someone should do.

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