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• movement perception — ▪ process Introduction       process through which humans and other animals orient themselves to their own or others physical movements. Most animals, including humans, move in search of food that itself often moves; they move to avoid predators… …   Universalium

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• Concertina movement — is the movement occurring in snakes and other legless organisms that consists of gripping or anchoring with portions of the body while pulling/pushing other sections in the direction of movement.[1] Each point on the snake s body goes through… …   Wikipedia

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• reciprocating — adjective Etymology: from present participle of reciprocate 1. : characterized by alternation in movement : moving to and fro a reciprocating piston 2. : having parts characterized by alternation in movement; specifically : having a reciproc …   Useful english dictionary

• pulsate — pulsate, pulse, beat, throb, palpitate can mean to manifest a rhythmical movement such as or similar to the one which occurs in the circulatory system when blood is forced along by alternate contractions and relaxations of the ventricles of the… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

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• undulate — undulator, n. v. /un jeuh layt , un dyeuh , deuh /; adj. /un jeuh lit, layt , un dyeuh , deuh /, v., undulated, undulating, adj. v.i. 1. to move with a sinuous or wavelike motion; display a smooth rising and falling or side to side alternation of …   Universalium

• locomotion — /loh keuh moh sheuhn/, n. the act or power of moving from place to place. [1640 50; see LOCOMOTIVE, MOTION] * * * Any of various animal movements that result in progression from one place to another. Locomotion is classified as either… …   Universalium