Definition of Motional

1. Adjective. Of or relating to or characterized by motion.

Derivative terms: Motion
Partainyms: Motion

Definition of Motional

1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to motion ¹

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Definition of Motional

1. pertaining to movement [adj] - See also: movement

Lexicographical Neighbors of Motional

motility test medium
motion
motion-picture camera
motion-picture fan
motion-picture film
motion-picture photography
motion-picture show
motion capture
motion of confidence
motion of no confidence
motion perception
motion picture
motion pictures
motion sickness
motion study
motional (current term)
motionally
motioned
motioner
motioners
motioning
motionless
motionlessly
motionlessness
motions
motis
motivate
motivated
motivates
motivating

Literary usage of Motional

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Treatise on Gyrostatics and Rotational Motion: Theory and Applications by Andrew Gray (1918)
"The algebraic conditions are simplified if the motional forces are zero, for then the determinant has k roots, each a value of X2. ..."

2. Electromagnetic Theory by Oliver Heaviside (1893)
"The method is, however, principally useful in showing the necessity of, and the inner meaning of the motional electric and magnetic forces. ..."

3. Theoretical Mechanics: An Introductory Treatise on the Principles of by Augustus Edward Hough Love (1897)
"Positional and motional Forces. We may imagine cases in which the forces acting on ... Such forces are said to be motional. The characteristic of positional ..."

4. Theoretical Mechanics: An Introductory Treatise on the Principles of by Augustus Edward Hough Love (1897)
"Positional and motional Forces. We may imagine cases in which the forces acting on ... Such forces are said to be motional. The characteristic of positional ..."

5. Of Motion: An Elementary Treatise by John Robert Lunn (1859)
"The expression Ma. is called the moving or motional effect of a force, and Mx (the measure of the velocity) is called the momentum or quantity of motion of ..."

6. Treatise on Natural Philosophy by William Thomson Kelvin, Peter Guthrie Tait (1888)
"Cycloidal system with conservative positional forces and unrestricted motional forces. Dissipativity denned. Lord Rayleigh's theorem of Dissipativity. ..."

7. Radio Communication, Theory and Methods, with an Appendix on Transmission by John Mills (1917)
"To understand it better, it will be necessary to develop briefly the concepts of effective resistance and later of motional impedance. ..."

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