μετακῑν-ησις, εως, ἡ,
shifting: motion in space, e.g. of rotation about an axis, κατὰ πᾶς αν μ., ἐν πάσῃ μ., [[ 4th c.BC: Autolycus Astronomus 1, 3rd c.BC: Aristarchus Samius Astronomus 1 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; dislocation, σφονδύλων [[ 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 8.269. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__2 generally, change, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Insomn.” 90, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 2.2.12; μετακινήσεις τοῦ κόσμου 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 892a27; ἡ ἐς τὸ βαρβαρικώτερον μ. 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Anabasis” 4.8.4. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]