midmovement en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Germanic *midjaz Proto-West Germanic *midi Old English midd Middle English mid English mid English mid- Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyeti Proto-Italic *moweō Latin movēre Old French movoir Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -ment Old French movementbor. Middle English mevement English movement English midmovement From mid- + movement.
Meanings
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(uncountable) A point in time during a movement.
His stop-motion photographs, by turn, recall the early images of Eadweard Muybridge, who captured men or horses in midmovement, or the staged photo sequences by performance artists like Gina Pane and Vito Acconci.
2015 August 6, Jason Farago, “Review: ‘Drawing Waves’ and ‘Borne Frieze,’ a Robin Rhode Twofer”, in New York Times: