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CHANGE OF LOCATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does change of location mean? 

CHANGE OF LOCATION (noun)
  The noun CHANGE OF LOCATION has 1 sense:

1. a movement through space that changes the location of somethingplay

  Familiarity information: CHANGE OF LOCATION used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CHANGE OF LOCATION (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A movement through space that changes the location of something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

change of location; travel

Hypernyms ("change of location" is a kind of...):

motion; movement (a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "change of location"):

ascension ((astronomy) the rising of a star above the horizon)

circulation (free movement or passage (as of cytoplasm within a cell or sap through a plant))

creep (a slow longitudinal movement or deformation)

gravitation (movement downward resulting from gravitational attraction)

levitation (movement upward in virtue of lightness)

descent (a movement downward)

entering; entrance (a movement into or inward)

fall (a movement downward)

flow; flowing (the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases))

advance; progress; progression (a movement forward)

ascension; ascent; rise; rising (a movement upward)

spread; spreading (process or result of distributing or extending over a wide expanse of space)

stampede (a wild headlong rush of frightened animals (horses or cattle))

translation (a uniform movement without rotation)


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