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 the phenomenon in which an object changes its position with respect to time. Motion is mathematically described in terms of displacement, distance, velocity, acceleration, speed and frame of reference to an observer and mea ...

* Robot locomotion, of man-made devices

By environment

* Aquatic locomotion * Flight * Locomotion in space * Terrestrial locomotion

Biological locomotion

Animal locomotion

* Animal locomotion ** Climbing ** Crawl (disambiguation) ** Flight **

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 ...

(swimming, others) ** Gait analysis ***

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 ...

**** Trot (horse gait) ** Jumping ** Running ** Slithering, limbless terrestrial locomotion ***

Snake locomotion Snakes are elongated, limbless, carnivorous reptiles of the suborder Serpentes . Like all other squamates, snakes are ectothermic, amniote vertebrates covered in overlapping scales. Many species of snakes have skulls with several more joi ...

** Swimming ** Walking

Fine and gross motor skills

Fine motor skills Fine motor skill (or dexterity) is the coordination of small muscles in movement with the eyes, hands and fingers. The complex levels of manual dexterity that humans exhibit can be related to the nervous system. Fine motor skills aid in the growt ...

(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 bu ...

(larger muscles; large movements)

Microbial locomotion

* Microswimmer *

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 generate movement using flagella, cilia ...

, locomotion of unicellular eukaryotes * Bacterial motility

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 ''Chris Sawyer's Locomotion'' is a video game by independent game developer Chris Sawyer from 2004. According to Sawyer, it is the "spiritual successor to ''Transport Tycoon''". Gameplay The game allows the player to use railroads, trams, tr ...

'', a 2004 computer game by Chris Sawyer

Music

* " The Loco-Motion", a 1962 song by Little Eva; covered by Kylie Minogue, 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 * Shildon Locomotion Museum, in the town of Shildon, County Durham, England * Travel