Locomotion means the act or ability of something to transport or move itself from place to place. Locomotion may refer to:

Motion

Motion (physics) In physics, motion is when an object changes its position with respect to a reference point in a given time. Motion is mathematically described in terms of displacement, distance, velocity, acceleration, speed, and frame of reference to an obse ...

* Robot locomotion, of man-made devices

By environment

* Aquatic locomotion *

Flight Flight or flying is the motion (physics), motion of an Physical object, object through an atmosphere, or through the vacuum of Outer space, space, without contacting any planetary surface. This can be achieved by generating aerodynamic lift ass ...

* Locomotion in space *

Terrestrial locomotion Terrestrial locomotion has evolution, evolved as animals adapted from ecoregion#Marine, aquatic to ecoregion#Terrestrial, terrestrial environments. Animal locomotion, Locomotion on land raises different problems than that in water, with reduced f ...

Biological locomotion

Animal locomotion

Animal locomotion In ethology, animal locomotion is any of a variety of methods that animals use to move from one place to another. Some modes of locomotion are (initially) self-propelled, e.g., running, swimming, jumping, flight, flying, hopping, soaring and gli ...

** Climbing ** Crawl (disambiguation) **

*** Bird flight *** Bat flight ***

Insect flight Insects are the only group of invertebrates that have evolved insect wing, wings and flight. Insects first flew in the Carboniferous, some 300 to 350 million years ago, making them the first animals to evolve flight. Wings may have evolved from ...

** Jet propulsion ** Fin and flipper locomotion ** Fish locomotion (swimming, others) ** Gait analysis *** Horse gaits **** Trot (horse gait) ** Jumping **

Running Running is a method of terrestrial locomotion by which humans and other animals move quickly on foot. Running is a gait with an aerial phase in which all feet are above the ground (though there are exceptions). This is in contrast to walkin ...

** Slithering, limbless terrestrial locomotion *** Snake locomotion **

Swimming Swimming is the self-propulsion of a person through water, such as saltwater or freshwater environments, usually for recreation, sport, exercise, or survival. Swimmers achieve locomotion by coordinating limb and body movements to achieve hydrody ...

Walking Walking (also known as ambulation) is one of the main gaits of terrestrial locomotion among legged animals. Walking is typically slower than running and other gaits. Walking is defined as an " inverted pendulum" gait in which the body vaults o ...

Fine and gross motor skills

* Fine motor skills (smaller muscles; fine movements) * Gross motor skills (larger muscles; large movements)

Microbial locomotion

* Microswimmer * Protist locomotion, locomotion of unicellular eukaryotes * Bacterial motility

Arts, entertainment, and media

Clubs

* Loco Motion (Youth Group), a film and media club based in Essex, UK

Games

* ''Loco-Motion'' (video game), a 1982 arcade game by Konami * '' Chris Sawyer's Locomotion'', a 2004 computer game by Chris Sawyer

Music

* " The Loco-Motion", a 1962 song by Little Eva; covered by Kylie Minogue in 1987 * "Locomotion" (Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark song), 1984 * "Locomotion", a 1958 song by John Coltrane from '' Blue Train''

Publications

* ''Locomotion'' (periodical), a railway-related magazine * ''Locomotion'', a young adult novel in poetic form by Jacqueline Woodson

Television

* Locomotion (TV channel), cable TV channel in Latin America

Other

* Locomotion No. 1, an early steam locomotive by George Stephenson * Locomotion Museum, in Shildon, England *

Travel Travel is the movement of people between distant geographical Location (geography), locations. Travel can be done by Pedestrian, foot, bicycle, automobile, train, boat, bus, airplane, ship or other means, with or without Baggage, luggage, a ...