Locomotion - Definition and Overview

In a general sense, locomotion simply means active movement or travel, applying not just to biological individuals.

• In biology, locomotion is the self-powered, patterned motion of limbs or other anatomical parts by which an individual customarily moves itself from place to place. Forms of locomotion are walking, running, crawling, swimming and flying. See animal locomotion, plantigrade, digitigrade, unguligrade, and fish locomotion.
• In engineering, Locomotion is the name of an early steam railway locomotive, even older than Stephenson's Rocket.
• Chris Sawyer's Locomotion is a computer game by Chris Sawyer. It was released on September 7 2004.
• Locomotion is a 1981 arcade game by Konami.information on this game.
• "The Loco-Motion" is a 1960s hit song and accompanying dance, which was covered in the 1980s by Kylie Minogue.