Movingness

Pronunciation varies by accent · noun

Meaning

The power or property of moving; momentum..

Definitions by Sense

1. The power or property of moving; momentum.
2. A quality that suggests movement.
3. The quality of being emotionally moving.

Example Sentences

Furthermore, although Confucianism admits that Being is also an ontological movement, it can at best explicate the "movingness" (Bewegtheit) of this ontological movement in terms of the alternation between yin and yang.

The movingness of cars or planes was represented, as was the movingness of writing as a continuous movement of the pencil across paper.

A light object has less movingness than a heavy object travelling at the same speed.

Slowed down to simulate the successive phase, the really-moving light loses its blur of movingness.

The movingness is a flashing sensation interpreted as motion by virtue of the circumstances connected with it.

Under conditions favourable for confusion, it was difficult for the observer to perceive with any clearness the 'vehicle of movement'; all he could see was 'movingness' without any object moving.

The scene, although rural enough, was yet one of sparkle, movingness, and beauty.

Finally, we investigated whether perceived movingness would also mediate the effect of perceived sadness on perceived beauty.

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