Walking In The United States
   HOME
*



picture info

Walking In The United States
Walking (also known as ambulation) is one of the main gaits of terrestrial locomotion among legged animals. Walking is typically slower than running and other gaits. Walking is defined by an 'inverted pendulum' gait in which the body vaults over the stiff limb or limbs with each step. This applies regardless of the usable number of limbs—even arthropods, with six, eight, or more limbs, walk. Difference from running The word ''walk'' is descended from the Old English ''wealcan'' "to roll". In humans and other bipeds, walking is generally distinguished from running in that only one foot at a time leaves contact with the ground and there is a period of double-support. In contrast, running begins when both feet are off the ground with each step. This distinction has the status of a formal requirement in competitive walking events. For quadrupedal species, there are numerous gaits which may be termed walking or running, and distinctions based upon the presence or absence of a ...
[...More Info...]      
[...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]  




CGI Human Walk
CGI may refer to: Technology * Computer-generated imagery, computer-graphic effects in films, television programs, and other visual media * Computer Graphics Interface, the low-level interface between the Graphical Kernel System and hardware * Common Gateway Interface, a standard for dynamic generation of web pages by a web server ** CGI.pm, a Perl module for implementing Common Gateway Interface programs * Compacted graphite iron, a type of cast iron * Corrugated galvanised iron, a type of molded sheet metal * Cell Global Identity, a standard identifier for mobile phone cells Organizations * California Graduate Institute, an independent graduate school specializing in psychology * Catholic Guides of Ireland, a Girl Guide association * Chulabhorn Graduate Institute, a private graduate institute in Thailand * CGI Aero or RusAir, a Russian airline *CGI Inc., a multinational information technology and business process services company * Clinton Global Initiative, a forum created by f ...
[...More Info...]      
[...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]  



MORE