but is very far from a definition, unless we will say every English word in the dictionary is the definition of the Latin word it answers, and that motion is a definition of MOTUS. Nor will 'the successive application of the parts of the superficies of one body to those of another,' which the Cartesians give us, prove a much better definition of motion, when well examined.
Eta cartesiarrek higiduraz ematen duten definizioa ere, hau da, "gorputz baten atalen segidako aplikazioa beste gorputz baten ataletara", ez da definizio askoz hobea, ongi aztertuz gero.