English > change of location: 1 sense > noun 1, event| Meaning | A movement through space that changes the location of something. |
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| Synonym | travel |
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| Narrower | ascension | (astronomy) the rising of a star above the horizon |
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| circulation | Free movement or passage / passage (as of cytoplasm within a cell or sap through a plant) |
| creep | A slow longitudinal movement or deformation |
| descent | A movement downward |
| entrance, entering | A movement into or inward |
| fall | A movement downward |
| flow, flowing | The motion characteristic of fluids (liquids / liquids or gases) |
| gravitation | movement downward resulting from gravitational attraction |
| levitation | movement upward in virtue of lightness |
| progress, progression, advance | A movement forward |
| rise, rising, ascent, ascension | A movement upward |
| spread, spreading | Process or result of distributing or extending over a wide expanse of space |
| stampede | A wild headlong rush of frightened animals (horses or cattle) |
| translation | A uniform movement without rotation |
| Broader | movement, motion | A natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something |
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| Spanish | desplazamiento, viaje |
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| Catalan | desplaçament |
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