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

Motion

* Motion (physics) * Robot locomotion, of man-made devices

By environment

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

Biological locomotion

Animal locomotion

Animal locomotion Animal locomotion, in ethology, 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, flying, hopping, soaring and gliding. T ...

** Climbing ** Crawling ** Flight ** Fish locomotion (swimming, others) ** Gait analysis *** Horse gaits **** Trot (horse gait) ** Jumping **

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

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

'', a 2004 computer game by Chris Sawyer

Music

* "Locomotion", a 1984 pop song by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark * "Locomotion", a song on John Coltrane's 1958 hard bop album '' Blue Train'' * " The Loco-Motion", a 1962 pop song originally performed by Little Eva

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'', '' ...

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