Movement may refer to:

Generic uses

Movement (clockwork) In horology, a movement, also known as a caliber or calibre (British English), is the mechanism of a watch or Clock, timepiece, as opposed to the ''case'', which encloses and protects the movement, and the ''clock face, face'', which displays the ...

, the internal mechanism of a timepiece *

Movement (sign language) In sign languages, movement, or sig, refers to the distinctive hand actions that form words. In William Stokoe's terminology, it is the , an abbreviation of ''signation''. Movement is one of five components of a sign—with handshape (), orie ...

, a hand movement when signing *

Motion 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 o ...

, commonly referred to as movement *

Movement (music) A movement is a self-contained part of a musical composition or musical form. While individual or selected movements from a composition are sometimes performed separately as stand-alone pieces, a performance of the complete work requires all the ...

, a division of a larger composition or musical notes *

Social movement A social movement is either a loosely or carefully organized effort by a large group of people to achieve a particular goal, typically a Social issue, social or Political movement, political one. This may be to carry out a social change, or to re ...

, a loose grouping of people **

Political movement A political movement is a collective attempt by a group of people to change government policy or social values. Political movements are usually in opposition to an element of the status quo, and are often associated with a certain ideology. Some t ...

, one with a policy goal

Names and titles

Literature

* "Movement" (short story), a short story by Nancy Fulda * ''The Movement'' (comics), a comic book by Gail Simone and Freddie Williams II * "Movement (운동, 運動)", a poem by Yi-sang

Music

Movement (music festival) Movement Electronic Music Festival is an annual electronic music, electronic dance music event held in the birthplace of Techno, Detroit, each Memorial Day weekend since 2006. Previous electronic music festivals held at Hart Plaza on Memorial ...

, the Detroit Electronic Music Festival *

Movement (band) Movement (stylised as MOVEMENT) are an Australian minimal soul duo who blend R&B and ambient music. They consist of Lewis Wade on vocals and keyboards and Jesse James Ward on bass guitar, synthesisers, and vocals. Their self-titled debut EP ...

, an Australian soul/ambient band *

Movements (band) Movements are a post-hardcore band from Rancho Santa Margarita, California, formed in 2015. The band was signed to a record contract with Fearless Records after playing just one show in 2015. They have released an EP, '' Outgrown Things'' (2 ...

, an American post-hardcore band

Albums and EPs

* ''Movement'' (9mm Parabellum Bullet album) * ''Movement'' (EP), an EP by The Fray * ''Movement'', an EP by BT * Movement (Holly Herndon album) * ''Movement'' (Joe Harriott album), or the title track * ''Movement'' (Inhale Exhale album) * ''Movement'' (New Order album) * ''Movement'' (The Gossip album) * ''Movements'' (album), by Booka Shade

Songs

* "Movement" (LCD Soundsystem song), 2004 * "Movement" (Kompany song), 2019 * "Movement" (Hozier song), 2019 * "Movement", a 1998 song by The Black Eyed Peas from ''

Behind the Front ''Behind the Front'' is the debut studio album by American hip hop group Black Eyed Peas released on June 30, 1998, through Interscope Records and will.i.am Music Group. Background Most of the tracks were demos for the '' Grass Roots'' album ...

'', 1998 * "Movement", by Jamie Woon from '' Making Time'', 2015 * "Movement", by Club 8 from ''

Pleasure Pleasure is experience that feels good, that involves the enjoyment of something. It contrasts with pain or suffering, which are forms of feeling bad. It is closely related to value, desire and action: humans and other conscious animals find ...

'', 2015 * "Movement", by Bobby Hutcherson from ''

Components Component may refer to: In engineering, science, and technology Generic systems *System components, an entity with discrete structure, such as an assembly or software module, within a system considered at a particular level of analysis * Lumped e ...