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Also known as movement, body motion

thumb|A car is moving in high [[speed during a championship, with respect to the ground the position is changing according to time hence the car is in relative motion ]]

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Motion is when something changes position over time, like a car moving during a race relative to the ground. It matters because understanding how things move helps us describe and predict what happens in the physical world around us.

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  • Equations of motion
  • Laws of motion
  • Classical mechanics
  • Relativistic mechanics
  • Quantum mechanics
  • Orders of magnitude
  • Universe
  • Galaxy
  • Sun and Solar System
  • Earth
  • Continents
  • Internal body
  • Cells
  • Particles
  • Subatomic particles
  • Light
  • Superluminal motion
  • Types of motion
  • Fundamental motions
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

thumb|A car is moving in high [[speed during a championship, with respect to the ground the position is changing according to time hence the car is in relative motion ]]

In physics, motion is the change in position of an object with respect to a reference point over a given time. Motion is mathematically described in terms of displacement, distance, velocity, acceleration, speed, and frame of reference to an observer, measuring the change in position of the body relative to that frame with a change in time. The branch of physics describing the motion of objects without reference to their cause is called kinematics, while the branch studying forces and their effect on motion is called dynamics.

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