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• crustal movement, tectonic movement go
  movement resulting from or causing deformation of the earth's crust
  
• approach, approaching go
  the event of one object coming closer to another
  
• passing, passage go
  the motion of one object relative to another
  
• deflection, deflexion go
  the movement of the pointer or pen of a measuring instrument from its zero position
  
• bending, bend go
  movement that causes the formation of a curve
  
• travel, change of location go
  a movement through space that changes the location of something
  
• wave, undulation go
  (physics) a movement up and down or back and forth
  
• jitter go
  a small irregular movement
  
• periodic motion, periodic movement go
  motion that recurs over and over and the period of time required for each recurrence remains the same
  
• heave go
  (geology) a horizontal dislocation
  
• rebound, backlash, recoil, repercussion go
  a movement back from an impact
  
• kick, recoil go
  the backward jerk of a gun when it is fired
  
• seek go
  the movement of a read/write head to a specific data track on a disk
  
• squeeze, wring go
  a twisting squeeze
  
• throw, stroke, cam stroke go
  the maximum movement available to a pivoted or reciprocating piece by a cam
  
• turning, turn go
  a movement in a new direction
  
• twist, wrench go
  a jerky pulling movement
  
• undulation go
  wavelike motion
  
• wave, moving ridge go
  one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)
  
• wobble go
  an unsteady rocking motion
  
• whirl, commotion go
  confused movement
  
• Brownian movement, Brownian motion, pedesis go
  the random motion of small particles suspended in a gas or liquid