noun
Meaning 1
The property of being motionless.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: immobility
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
motionlessness
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noun
Meaning 2
a state of no motion or movement
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the utter motionlessness of a marble statue
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: stillness, lifelessness
Antonyms: motion
Broader terms: state
Narrower terms: stationariness, immobility, fixedness
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English motionless Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English motionlessness From motionless + -ness.
Across languages
Translations
5 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Hungarian: mozdulatlanság — the state of no movement
- Māori: patekotanga — the state of no movement
- Polish: bezruch — the state of no movement
- Spanish: falta de movimiento/moción — the state of no movement
- Turkish: hareketsizlik — the state of no movement