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7. (Law) An application made to a
court or judge orally in open court. Its object is to obtain an order
or rule directing some act to be done in favor of the
applicant. Mozley & W.

8. (Mus.) Change of pitch in
successive sounds, whether in the same part or in groups of
parts.

The independent motions of different parts
sounding together constitute counterpoint.

&fist; Conjunct motion is that by single degrees of the
scale. Contrary motion is that when parts move in opposite
directions. Disjunct motion is motion by skips. Oblique
motion is that when one part is stationary while another moves.
Similar or direct motion is that when parts move in the
same direction.

9. A puppet show or puppet. [Obs.]

What motion's this? the model of
Nineveh?

&fist; Motion, in mechanics, may be simple or compound.
Simple motions are: (a) straight
translation, which, if of indefinite duration, must be
reciprocating.


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