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 Robot locomotion is the collective name for the various methods that robots use to transport themselves from place to place. Wheeled robots are typically quite energy efficient and simple to control. However, other forms of locomotion may be more ...

, of man-made devices

By environment

Aquatic locomotion Aquatic locomotion or swimming is biologically propulsion , propelled motion through a liquid medium. The simplest propulsive systems are composed of cilia and flagella. Swimming has evolved a number of times in a range of organisms including arth ...

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 Locomotion in space includes all actions or methods used to move one's body in microgravity conditions through the outer space environment. Locomotion in these conditions is different from locomotion in a gravitational field. There are many fact ...

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 Climbing is the activity of using one's hands, feet, or other parts of the body to ascend a steep topographical object that can range from the world's tallest mountains (e.g. the eight thousanders) to small boulders. Climbing is done for locom ...

** Crawl (disambiguation) **

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Bird flight Bird flight is the primary mode of animal locomotion, locomotion used by most bird species in which birds take off and flight, fly. Flight assists birds with feeding, Sexual reproduction, breeding, avoiding predation, predators, and Bird migrati ...

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Bat flight Bats are the only mammal capable of Active flight in animals, true flight. Bats use flight for capturing prey, breeding, avoiding predators, and long-distance migration. Bat wing Morphology (biology), morphology is often highly specialized to the ...

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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 Fin and flipper (anatomy), flipper locomotion occurs mostly in aquatic locomotion, and rarely in terrestrial locomotion. From the three common states of matter — gas, liquid and solid, these appendages are adapted for liquids, mostly fresh or sal ...

Fish locomotion Fish locomotion is the various types of animal locomotion used by fish, principally by swimming. This is achieved in different groups of fish by a variety of mechanisms of propulsion, most often by wave-like lateral flexions of the fish's body a ...

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Gait analysis Gait analysis is the systematic study of animal locomotion, more specifically the study of human motion, using the eye and the brain of observers, augmented by instrumentation for measuring body movements, biomechanics, body mechanics, and the a ...

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Horse gaits Horses can use various gaits (patterns of leg movement) during locomotion across solid ground, either naturally or as a result of specialized training by humans.Ensminger, M. E. ''Horses and Horsemanship'' 6th edition USA: Interstate Publishers ...

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Trot (horse gait) The trot is a two-beat diagonal horse gait where the diagonal pairs of legs move forward at the same time with a moment of suspension between each beat. It has a wide variation in possible speeds, but averages about . A very slow trot is som ...

Jumping Jumping or leaping is a form of locomotion or movement in which an organism or non-living (e.g., robotic) mechanical system propels itself through the air along a ballistic trajectory. Jumping can be distinguished from running, galloping and ...

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 Snakes are elongated limbless reptiles of the suborder Serpentes (). Cladistically squamates, snakes are ectothermic, amniote vertebrates covered in overlapping scales much like other members of the group. Many species of snakes have skulls ...

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 Fine may refer to: Characters * Fran Fine, the title character of ''The Nanny'' * Sylvia Fine (''The Nanny''), Fran's mother on ''The Nanny'' * Officer Fine, a character in ''Tales from the Crypt'', played by Vincent Spano Legal terms * Fine ...

(smaller muscles; fine movements) *

Gross motor skills Gross motor skills are the abilities usually acquired during childhood as part of a child's motor learning. By the time they reach two years of age, almost all children are able to stand up, walk and run, walk up stairs, etc. These skills are bui ...

(larger muscles; large movements)

Microbial locomotion

Microswimmer A microswimmer is a microscopic object with the ability to move in a fluid environment. #Natural microswimmers, Natural microswimmers are found everywhere in the natural world as biological microorganisms, such as bacteria, archaea, protists, spe ...

Protist locomotion Protists are the eukaryotes that cannot be classified as plants, fungi or animals. They are mostly unicellular and microscopic. Many unicellular protists, particularly protozoans, are motile and can Aquatic locomotion#Micro-organisms, generate ...

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Bacterial motility Bacterial motility is the ability of bacteria to move independently using metabolic energy. Most motility mechanisms that evolved among bacteria also evolved in parallel among the archaea. Most rod-shaped bacteria can move using their own po ...

Arts, entertainment, and media

Clubs

Loco Motion (Youth Group) Loco Motion is a youth film and media group based in Basildon, Essex. The club was created and launched in 2004, and is now a fully operating club that meets once a week. The group of young people completed their first fully funded film in Februa ...

, 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

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The Loco-Motion "The Loco-Motion" (or "Locomotion") is a pop music, pop song written by American songwriters Gerry Goffin and Carole King. "The Loco-Motion" was originally written for R&B singer Dee Dee Sharp, but Sharp turned the song down. The song is espec ...

", 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 Jacqueline Woodson (born February 12, 1963) is an American writer of books for children and adolescents. She is best known for '' Miracle's Boys'', and her Newbery Honor-winning titles '' Brown Girl Dreaming'', '' After Tupac and D Foster'', ''F ...

Television

Locomotion (TV channel) Locomotion was a Latin American cable channel dedicated to anime and animated shows targeting primarily an 18–34 audience, broadcasting movies, TV series and shorts. It was launched on November 1, 1996, and was closed down on July 31, 2005. ...

, cable TV channel in Latin America

Other

Locomotion No. 1 ''Locomotion'' No. 1 (originally named ''Active'') is an early steam locomotive that was built in 1825 by the pioneering railway engineers George and Robert Stephenson at their manufacturing firm, Robert Stephenson and Company. It became ...

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Locomotion Museum Locomotion, previously known as Locomotion the National Railway Museum at Shildon, is a railway museum in Shildon, County Durham, England. The museum was renamed in 2017 when it became part of the Science Museum Group. Overview The museum was ...

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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 ...