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  • 11motion — mo|tion1 [ mouʃn ] noun *** 1. ) uncount the process or action of moving: He studied the motion of the planets. Special instruments record the speed and motion of the atoms. in motion: Muybridge developed high speed photography of people and… …

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  • 12motion — I UK [ˈməʊʃ(ə)n] / US [ˈmoʊʃ(ə)n] noun Word forms motion : singular motion plural motions *** 1) a) [uncountable] the process or action of moving Special instruments record the speed and motion of the atoms. in motion: Muybridge developed high… …

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  • 13motion*/*/ — [ˈməʊʃ(ə)n] noun I 1) [U] the process or action of moving photographs of animals in motion[/ex] He studied the motion of the planets.[/ex] 2) [C] a movement that someone or something makes Rub the horse s coat with a circular motion.[/ex] 3) [C]… …

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  • 14Motion illusion — It has been suggested that this article or section be into Illusory motion . () One type of motion illusion is a type of optical illusion in which a static image appears to be moving due to the cognitive effects of interacting color contrasts and …

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  • 15Circular dichroism — (CD) refers to the differential absorption of left and right circularly polarized light.[1][2] This phenomenon was discovered by Jean Baptiste Biot, Augustin Fresnel, and Aimé Cotton in the first half of the 19th century.[3] It is exhibited in… …

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  • 16motion-picture technology — Introduction       the means for the production and showing of motion pictures. It includes not only the motion picture camera and projector but also such technologies as those involved in recording sound, in editing both picture and sound, in… …

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  • 17motion — noun 1 movement ADJECTIVE ▪ smooth, steady ▪ quick, rapid, swift ▪ gentle ▪ circular …

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  • 18motion picture, history of the — Introduction       history of the medium from the 19th century to the present. Early years, 1830–1910 Origins       The illusion of motion pictures is based on the optical phenomena known as persistence of vision and the phi phenomenon. The first …

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  • 19motion — [[t]mo͟ʊʃ(ə)n[/t]] ♦♦♦ motions, motioning, motioned 1) N UNCOUNT Motion is the activity or process of continually changing position or moving from one place to another. ...the laws governing light, sound, and motion... One group of muscles sets… …

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  • 20circular — adj. VERBS ▪ be, look ▪ The house looks almost circular. ADVERB ▪ perfectly ▪ He had round unblinking eyes and a perfectly circular head …

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