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Prehensile Movement: The ability to seize or grasp.

Nastic Movement: A plants response to a stimulus in which the direction of the response is independent of the direction of the stimulus. Non-directional plant movements.

Multi-Dimensional Movement Arts: Multi-Dimensional Movement Arts (MDMA), water version, is the art of using movement in the medium of water to create dynamic balance. Specific actions, patterns, and waveforms promote reorga . . . View Full Definition

Sleep Movement: In legumes, the movement of the leaves in response to daily rhythms of dark and light. The leaves are horizontal in daylight and folded vertically at night.

Speed Of Movement: Strength training movements should be slow and controlled. Do not use momentum to complete an exercise movement. Momentum puts unnecessary stress on tendons, ligaments and joints. Using mome . . . View Full Definition

Symbolist Movement: Late 19th-century french writers, including mallarmé and valéry, whose verse dealt with transcendental phenomena or with images and actions whose meaning was associative rather than referential.

Stereotyped Movements: Repetitive, seemingly driven, and nonfunctional motor behavior (e.g., hand shaking or waving, body rocking, head banging, mouthing of objects, self-biting, picking at skin or body orifices, . . . View Full Definition

Movement Therapy: A variety of techniques that utilize movement reeducation and proper body mechanics in combination with massage or soft-tissue manipulation. After observing the client, the therapist will de . . . View Full Definition

Movement: Complete, self-contained part within a larger musical work.

Camera Movements: Mechanical systems most common on large format cameras which provide the facility for lens and film plane movement from a normal standard position.