These images can then be analyzed to ascertain what normal elephant locomotion is like. From LearnThat.org. [www.yourdictionary.com]
The locomotion is in many fundamental respects like that of the human being. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-08-01] Reference
Rough terrain locomotion has mainly relied on rigid body systems, such as crawlers and leg mechanisms. From Wordnik.com. [Smart Mobs » Blog Archive » Soft Robots] Reference
So I was interested to learn that more recent studies with modern cameras have shown that horse locomotion is actually very different to what he thought. From Wordnik.com. [Swedish speakers, please help!] Reference
We have now to show which kind of locomotion is primary. From Wordnik.com. [Physics] Reference
We were out of practice with this kind of locomotion, and kept butting and nudging each other until, with the aid of handholds, we managed to stay in a more or less orderly line. From Wordnik.com. [Forever Free]
Snails move by a kind of locomotion called reptation. From Wordnik.com. [CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]] Reference
Plants throw out roots and boughs and leaves; this is a kind of locomotion; and as Dr. Erasmus. From Wordnik.com. [Alps and Sanctuaries of Piedmont and the Canton Ticino] Reference
We now had to inaugurate a new kind of locomotion, which would have the advantage of being rapid and not fatiguing. From Wordnik.com. [Voyage au centre de la terre. English] Reference
Not because I mind the exercise this kind of locomotion requires, but because I'd like to reach my destination just a little faster. From Wordnik.com. [Chattanooga Pulse] Reference
After an hour employed in this unpleasant kind of locomotion, we started to our feet again and pursued our way boldly along the crest of the ridge. From Wordnik.com. [Typee] Reference
The other real gameplay improvement I noticed was in the "locomotion" system where the right stick actually helps you use physics to move down the field. From Wordnik.com. [canada.com Top Stories] Reference
"locomotion" trucking engine -- than being on the front of the box. From Wordnik.com. [Destructoid] Reference
˜distinguished by a difference in form™ such as locomotion: “it is apparent that locomotion is not one in form, because flying, swimming, walking, and crawling differ”. From Wordnik.com. [Aristotle's Biology] Reference
His studies of locomotion atomise duration into instants. From Wordnik.com. [Eadweard Muybridge: pioneer photographer] Reference
Show the suitability of the fins as organs of locomotion in water. From Wordnik.com. [Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study] Reference
Mrs. Brady sat, and leave anything but a tortuous path for locomotion. From Wordnik.com. [The Widow O'Callaghan's Boys] Reference
But bicycles, like donkeys, are not always satisfactory means of locomotion. From Wordnik.com. [The Girls of St. Olave's] Reference
I pushed off from the starting line, clawing for locomotion by any means possible. From Wordnik.com. [Taking Aim] Reference
The singing spheres act as its sensory organs, separated from the body and given locomotion. From Wordnik.com. [The Beast of Space] Reference
These spirited tales, convey in a realistic way, the wonderful advances in land and sea locomotion. From Wordnik.com. [Six Little Bunkers at Uncle Fred's] Reference
Dems - Anger and dread: Dean locomotion will lead to train wreck, and no one knows what to do about it. From Wordnik.com. [Conventional Wisdom: Not So Simple Life Edition] Reference
Wheeled vehicles were not often seen in the rural districts, horses being commonly used for locomotion. From Wordnik.com. [The Land We Live In The Story of Our Country] Reference
Pennsylvania and Maryland for special privileges in regard to the application of steam to locomotion on common roads. From Wordnik.com. [Continental Monthly , Vol. 6, No. 1, July, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy.] Reference
Steam locomotion received much attention at his hands, and he sat on the railway commissions of 1836, 1839, 1842, 1845. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon"] Reference
It is the purpose of these spirited tales to convey in a realistic way the wonderful advances in land and sea locomotion. From Wordnik.com. [The Moving Picture Boys on the Coast] Reference
They lack the locomotion necessary for gliding as the wind howls through their hands like a hula dance, telling a story. From Wordnik.com. [Kamikaze Birdsongs] Reference
Fig. 2 shows the first model of a tricycle constructed by Messrs. Serpollet as an application of their boiler for locomotion. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 664, September 22,1888] Reference
The printing press, locomotion, accurate navigational tools and anything resembling modern medicine were still to be discovered. From Wordnik.com. [Frank A. Weil: The Year 3010 Seen From Today] Reference
The sweet, sharp air kissed the girl's fresh cheeks into blushes and sent her feet dancing along with the very joy of locomotion. From Wordnik.com. [Glory and the Other Girl] Reference
Through this open wood a wagon could be driven without difficulty; but locomotion in those days and regions was largely on horseback. From Wordnik.com. [Woman on the American Frontier] Reference
The proboscis is not the only organ of locomotion, being assisted by the succeeding segment of the body, the buccal segment or collar. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy"] Reference
This time he reared up, using his two rearmost pairs of limbs for locomotion, while the two forward pairs were held out, ready to kill. From Wordnik.com. [Anything You Can Do ...] Reference
If their habiliments consisted of costumes run mad, their chariots were not less varied, and afforded an historical study in locomotion. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 344, June, 1844] Reference
People in the tropics are not usually fond of walking, but Ping Nam was "game" and made no further remarks about my method of locomotion. From Wordnik.com. [Wanderings in the Orient] Reference
There's a sense of relentless locomotion while driving this heavy sedan, owing to its substantial heft and a monster of a 6. 7-liter, twin-turbocharged, 500-hp, V-8 engine. From Wordnik.com. [Road Test: Bentley Arnage T] Reference
Such is the tragedy of modern locomotion& if I don't get a move on, shake a Quail's feather, being ever so careful not to squash her eggs, I might be late for my own funeral. From Wordnik.com. [Obituary] Reference
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