locomotion

Everyday

1. Locomotion is the ability to move from one place to another, or the way an animal or person moves. tree →
2. (history) Locomotion is also the name of one of the first steam railway engines (Locomotion No. 1, 1825). tree →

In the lessons

In science and PE lessons it covers how animals move — walking, running, hopping, slithering, swimming, flying — and the body parts used (muscles, bones, fins, wings). In history lessons, steam locomotion changed travel. Related: locomotive (train engine). Phrases: «means of locomotion», «animal locomotion».

Examples

• Fish use their fins for locomotion. tree →
• Snakes have a special kind of locomotion without legs. tree →
• Walking on two legs is human locomotion. tree →
• Muscles and bones work together for locomotion. tree →
• In PE we practised different locomotion skills, like skipping and hopping. tree →
• Locomotion No. 1 pulled the first public steam train. tree →
• He {150} also found fault with a house built by Athene because, being unprovided with the means of locomotion, it could never be removed from an unhealthy locality. tree →

Note

Uncountable, formal or scientific word for moving. Adjective and noun: locomotive (a railway engine). From Latin «loco» (from a place) + «motion». Plants are not capable of locomotion, though they move in other ways (turning to light).