#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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