remotion
/ɹɪˈməʊʃən/
remotion noun: backward motion.
Noun
remotion (countable and uncountable, plural remotions)
- Backward motion.
- By simple promotion and remotion, assisted by some flexure and extension, the distal spines of each would reach and scratch the substratum and, on remotion, sweep coarse particles posteriorly and dorsally.1995, Cladocera as Model Organisms in Biology, →ISBN, page 63
- In other arthropods, promotion-remotion of the leg is accomplished at other joints. For example, in spiders promotion-remotion occurs at the coxa-trochanter joint, insects utilize the body-coxa joint, and […]2008, John L. Capinera, Encyclopedia of Entomology, volume 4, →ISBN, page 3326
- Removal.
- This act persuades me / That this remotion of the Duke and her / Is practice only.c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
- A syllogism disjunctive from the enumeration of the parts is that, in which from the remotion of all the parts the remotion of the whole is concluded.1847, Murray's Compendium of logic, with a corrected Latin text, page 155
remotion meaning in Bengali
remotion in Bengali
- পিছনের দিকের গতি, অপসারণ
Examples of remotion in a sentence
- We may proceed from the remotion of the consequent to the remotion of the antecedent.1857, John Daniel Morell, Handbook of logic, page 51:
- The remotion of Cr3+ from the wastewater prevents its possible oxidation.2003, 2001. a Clay Odyssey, →ISBN, page 619:
Forms of remotion
| plural | remotions |
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Origin of remotion
From Old French or directly from Latin remōtiō.
Questions about remotion
- What does remotion mean?
- Remotion means backward motion.
- What is remotion in Bengali?
- Remotion in Bengali is পিছনের দিকের গতি, অপসারণ. See Remotion meaning in Bengali.
- How do you use remotion in a sentence?
- We may proceed from the remotion of the consequent to the remotion of the antecedent.
- What part of speech is remotion?
- Remotion is a noun.
- How do you pronounce remotion?
- Remotion is pronounced /ɹɪˈməʊʃən/.
- What is the plural of remotion?
- The plural of remotion is remotions.
Words near remotion in the dictionary
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