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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 something
Familiarity information: CHANGE OF LOCATION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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