Locomotion

In a general sense, locomotion simply means active movement or travel, applying not just to biological individuals.

Related Topics:
Locomotion - Movement - Travel

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• In biology, locomotion is the self-powered, patterned motion of limbs or other anatomical parts by which an individual customarily moves itself from place to place. Forms of locomotion are walking, running, crawling, climbing, swimming and flying. See animal locomotion, plantigrade, digitigrade, unguligrade, and fish locomotion.
• In engineering, Locomotion No. 1 is the name of an early steam railway locomotive, even older than Stephenson's Rocket.
• Chris Sawyer's Locomotion is a computer game by Chris Sawyer. It was released on September 7 2004.
• Locomotion is a 1981 arcade game by Konami.
• "The Loco-Motion" is a 1960s hit song and accompanying dance, which was covered in the 1980s by Kylie Minogue.
• "Locomotion" is a museum in the town of Shildon, County Durham, England
• "Locomotion" was a cable TV channel in Latin America.