continuous motion

collocation in English

meaningsofcontinuousandmotion

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continuous
adjective
uk
/kənˈtɪn.ju.əs/us
/kənˈtɪn.ju.əs/
without a pause ...
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motion
noun
uk
/ˈməʊ.ʃən/us
/ˈmoʊ.ʃən/
the act or process of moving, or a particular action ...
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(Definition ofcontinuousandmotionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The operation of the alternative arrangement may be clarified by breaking itscontinuousmotioninto two discrete steps.
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Continuousmotion, of course, is a paradigm of viscosity.
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What if imaginedcontinuousmotiondid not literally involve movement through some space by the continuous change of position?
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Continuousmotionis sustained while discontinuous motion may be more or less fragmented.
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Physically, it depicts thecontinuousmotionof a mobile robot.
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Therefore, the convergence of the ball'scontinuousmotionis guaranteed.
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Mbeds et al.12 proposed a fuzzy system to approximate the gradient of the harmonic function forcontinuousmotionplanning of manipulators in the known environment with unknown obstacles.
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Continuousmotionmodelling, multiple timeline representation, complex behavioural spatio-temporal queries and the manipulation of very large data sets are some of the open issues for further investigation and development.
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We investigated whether different velocity representations can assist in unveiling underlying single-axis submovements that might have been smoothly combined to form the complete and apparentlycontinuousmotion.
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This ensurescontinuousmotionof the arm.
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Command after command rang out, and the small iceberg was incontinuousmotion, striving zealously to follow each command instantaneously and in the most precise manner.
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Pulling the trigger farther to the rear in acontinuousmotionwill fire fully automatically, until the trigger is released or the magazine is empty.
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So instead of acontinuousmotion, the heliostat is moved in discrete steps.
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Additionally, a snap must be acontinuousmotion.
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So perhaps the price ofcontinuousmotionis not an infinity of consecutive actions, but an infinity of concurrent actions taking place across the multiverse.
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These tracks allowed thecontinuousmotionof the traveler across the western end of the main span.
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While a film projector uses an intermittent mechanism to play the film, a sound follower and most telecines usecontinuousmotion.
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This optical illusion causes the audience to perceivecontinuousmotionbetween separate objects viewed rapidly in succession.
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The engine used two lead-weighted pistons providing acontinuousmotionto a water pump.
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