#change_of_location__travel  a movement through space that changes the location of something
  supertype:  #movement__motion  a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something
  subtype:  #circulation.change_of_location  free movement or passage especially through a circuit as of water through pipes or sap through a plant
  subtype:  #creep.change_of_location  a slow longitudinal movement or deformation
  subtype:  #descent.change_of_location  a movement downward
     subtype:  #drop.descent__fall  a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity; "it was a miracle that he survived the drop from that height"
        subtype:  #free_fall  the ideal falling motion of something subject only to a gravitational field
        subtype:  #plunge  a steep drop
     subtype:  #lightening  descent of the uterus into the pelvic cavity that occurs late in pregnancy; the fetus is said to have dropped
     subtype:  #set.descent  the descent of a heavenly body below the horizon; "before the set of sun"
     subtype:  #shower.descent  a sudden downpour (as of tears or sparks etc) likened to a rain shower; "a little shower of rose petals"
     subtype:  #sinking  a descent as through liquid (especially through water); "they still talk about the sinking of the Titanic"
        subtype:  #settling__subsiding__subsidence  a gradual sinking to a lower level
        subtype:  #submergence__submerging__submersion__immersion  covering completely with water
           subtype:  #dip.submergence  a brief immersion
        subtype:  #foundering__going_under__goingunder  (of a ship) sinking
     subtype:  #slide.descent  (geology) the descent of a large mass of earth or rocks or snow etc.
        subtype:  #avalanche.slide  a slide of large masses of snow and ice and mud down a mountain
           subtype:  #lahar  an avalanche volcanic water and mud down the slopes of a volcano
        subtype:  #landslip__landslide  a slide of a large mass of dirt and rock down a mountain or cliff
           subtype:  #mudslide  a landslide of mud
           subtype:  #rockslide  a landslide of rocks
  subtype:  #entrance__entering  a movement into or inward
     subtype:  #encroachment__invasion__intrusion  any entry into an area not previously occupied; "an invasion of tourists"; "an invasion of locusts"; "a viral invasion"
  subtype:  #fall.change_of_location  a movement downward; "the rise and fall of the tides"
  subtype:  #flowing__flow  the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)
     subtype:  #fountain.flowing__jet  an artificially produced flow of water
     subtype:  #ebb  the outward flow of the tide
     subtype:  #flood.flowing  the inward flow of the tide; "a tide in the affairs of men which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune" -Shakespeare
     subtype:  #backflow__backflowing  a flow that returns toward its source
        subtype:  #regurgitation  backflow of blood through a defective heart valve
     subtype:  #airflow  the flow of air
     subtype:  #current__stream  a steady flow (usually from natural causes); "the raft floated downstream on the current"; "he felt a stream of air"
        subtype:  #tidal_flow__tidalflow__tidal_current__tidalcurrent  the water current caused by the tides
           subtype:  #tidal_bore__tidalbore__bore__eagre__aegir__eager  a high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary)
        subtype:  #riptide__rip_current__ripcurrent  a strong surface current flowing outwards from a shore
        subtype:  #undertide__undercurrent  a current below the surface of a fluid
           subtype:  #sea_puss__undertow__sea-puss__sea_purse__seapurse__sea-purse__seapurse__sea-poose__seapoose  the seaward undercurrent created after waves have broken on the shore
        subtype:  #violent_stream__violentstream__torrent  a violently fast stream of water (or other liquid); "the houses were swept away in the torrent"
        subtype:  #eddy__twist  a miniature whirlpool or whirlwind resulting when the current of a fluid doubles back on itself
        subtype:  #whirlpool__vortex__maelstrom  a powerful circular current of water (usually the resulting of conflicting tides)
           subtype:  #Charybdis  (Greek mythology) a ship-devouring whirlpool lying on the other side of a narrow strait from Scylla
        subtype:  #ocean_current__oceancurrent  the steady flow of surface ocean water in a prevailing direction
           subtype:  #El_Nino  (oceanography) a weak warm ocean current that flows south off the coast of Ecuador at Christmas time
              subtype:  #El_Nino_southern_oscillation  a more intense El Nino that occurs every few years when the welling up of cold nutrient-rich water does not occur; kills plankton and fish and affects weather patterns
           subtype:  #equatorial_current  any of the ocean currents that flow westward at the equator
              subtype:  #North_Equatorial_Current  an equatorial current that flows west across the Pacific just north of the equator
              subtype:  #South_Equatorial_Current  an equatorial current that flows west across the Pacific just south of the equator
           subtype:  #Gulf_stream  a warm ocean current that flows from the Gulf of Mexico northward through the Atlantic Ocean
           subtype:  #Japan_current__Kuroshio_current__Kuroshio  a warm ocean current that flows NE off the coast of Japan into the N Pacific
           subtype:  #Peruvian_current__Humboldt_current  a cold ocean current that flows north along the Pacific cost of South America before turning west
     subtype:  #freshet__spate  the occurrence of a water flow resulting from sudden rain or melting snow
     subtype:  #overspill__overflow__runoff  the occurrence of surplus liquid (as water) exceeding the limit or capacity
     subtype:  #outpouring__discharge__run  the pouring forth of a fluid
        subtype:  #squirt__jet__spirt  the occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid)
           subtype:  #spray.squirt  a jet of vapor
           subtype:  #spritz  a quick squirt of some liquid (usually carbonated water)
        subtype:  #leakage__leak__outflow  the unwanted discharge of a fluid from some container; "they tried to stop the escape of gas from the damaged pipe"; "he had to clean up the leak"
     subtype:  #fluxion__flux  a flow or discharge
     subtype:  #seepage__oozing  the process of seeping
        subtype:  #exudation  the process of exuding; the slow escape of liquids from blood vessels through pores or breaks in the cell membranes
     subtype:  #drip__trickle  flowing in drops; the formation and falling of drops of liquid; "there's a drip through the roof"
        subtype:  #intravenous_drip__intravenousdrip  slow continuous drip introducing solutions intravenously (a drop at a time)
     subtype:  #emission.flowing  the occurrence of a flow of water (as from a pipe)
     subtype:  #gush__flush__outpouring  a sudden rapid flow (as of water); "he heard the flush of a toilet"; "there was a little gush of blood"; "she attacked him with an outpouring of words"
        subtype:  #springtide.gush  a swelling rush of anything; "he rose on the springtide of prosperity"
     subtype:  #spate__rush__surge__upsurge  a sudden forceful flow
        subtype:  #onrush  a forceful forward rush; "it was forgotten in the onrush of events"
  subtype:  #progression__progres  a movement forward; "he listened for the progress of the troops"
     subtype:  #headway__head  forward movement; "the ship made little headway against the gale"
  subtype:  #rising__rise__ascent__ascension  a movement upward; "they cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon"
     subtype:  #climbing__climb__mounting  an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.)
     subtype:  #raising__elevation__lift  the event of something being raised upward
     subtype:  #heaving__heave  an upward movement (especially a rhythmical rising and falling); "the heaving of waves on a rough sea"
     subtype:  #liftoff  the initial ascent of a rocket from its launching pad
     subtype:  #rapid_climb__rapidclimb__rapid_growth__rapidgrowth__zoom  a rapid rise
     subtype:  #takeoff.rising  the initial ascent of an airplane as it becomes airborne
     subtype:  #upthrow__upheaval__uplift__upthrust  (geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building)
     subtype:  #uplifting  the rise of something; "the uplifting of the clouds revealed the blue of a summer sky"
  subtype:  #spreading__spread  process or result of distributing or extending over a wide expanse of space
     subtype:  #diffusion.spreading  the spread of social institutions (and myths and skills) from one society to another
     subtype:  #dispersion__scattering  spreading widely or driving off
        subtype:  #Diaspora  the dispersion of the Jews from Palestine after the Babylonian exile (358 BC)
        subtype:  #dissipation  breaking up and scattering by dispersion; "the dissipation of the mist"
     subtype:  #radiation.spreading  the spread of a group of organisms into new habitats
        subtype:  #adaptive_radiation  the development of many different forms from an originally homogeneous group of organisms as they fill different ecological niches
  subtype:  #stampede.change_of_location  a wild headlong rush of frightened animals (horses or cattle)
  subtype:  #translation.change_of_location  a uniform movement without rotation
     subtype:  #shift.translation__displacement  an event in which something is displaced without rotation
        subtype:  #amplitude  (physics) the maximum displacement of a periodic wave
        subtype:  #luxation  displacement or misalignment of a joint or organ
           subtype:  #subluxation  partial displacement of a joint or organ
  subtype:  #troop_movement__troopmovement  movement of military units to a new location

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