the way something is with respect to its main attributes

in motion

not in motion

a state of no motion or movement

be in a state of action

a shaky motion

motion that continues indefinitely without any external source of energy; impossible in practice because of friction

the motion of a spinning body (as a top) in which it wobbles so that the axis of rotation sweeps out a cone

something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously

motion as observed from or referred to some material system constituting a frame of reference (as two adjacent walls and floor of a room).

in motion

not in motion