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Walking

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 as 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…

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Difference from running

Origins

Mechanism and models

Recreation

Variants

Walkability

Potential health effects

In robotics

Animals

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Walking

Nodes209
Edges208
Triples249
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.009569
Components1

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Walking

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related to Tourism · 43
Walking → Camino, Canada, Chesapeake Bay Bridge Walk, Cyprus, Depending, Due, Dutch, Europe, European, Event, Four, Himalayas, In, International Four Days Marches, James, Labor Day, Mackinac Bridge, Many, Maryland, Michigan
related to Variants · 40
Walking → Afghan, Although, An, ArcheologyBushwalking, Backward, Beach, British Isles, Buddhism, By, Compared, Cross-country, Field, Frenchman, In, It, Multiday, Nordic, Norwegian Trekking Association, Of, Olympic
related to Spirituality · 22
Walking → American, American John Muir, Another, Concord, During, Emerson, Friday, God, His, Historian Catherine Albanese, In, Is, Merrimack Rivers, Muir, Muir's, Nature, Noting, Preliminary, Scottish, Thoreau
related to Walking art · 18
Walking → Ancient Greeks, Blake Morris, Church, Dada, Despite, Francesco Careri, French, Husserl, In, Merleau-Ponty, Other, Paris, Rebecca Solnit, Romantic, Saint-Julien-le-Pauvre, Scholars, Some, Wanderlust
related to Difference from running · 13
Walking → Although, Champion, Definitions, During, For, In, In Japan, Old English, Running, Specific, Speed, The, This
related to Walkability · 13
Walking → An, California, Generally, In, Italy, Segways, Shared-use, Some, The, There, This, United States, Venice
related to Insects · 11
Walking → Carausius, Different, Drosophila, Even, In, Insects, Interleg, Periplaneta, Schistocerca, The, This
related to Recreation · 11
Walking → Europe, For, France, Germany, In, Many, Romantic, Switzerland, The, The Prelude, William Wordsworth
related to In robotics · 10
Walking → Although, As, ASIMO, Generally, In, Japanese, One, Ropid, The, Tomotaka Takahashi
related to Mechanism and models · 7
Walking → During, Human, In, The, Then, This, While

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walk running gait also ground energy may legs leg gaits one speed models based human body humans foot contact km

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Walkingis amulti-faceted human activity0.90text
Walkingis away to enjoy nature and the outdoors.Some people prefer to walk indoors on a treadmill0.90text
Walkingis asport that is based on a walk on the sand of the beach0.90text
Walkingis aphysical activity and a sport0.90text
Walkingis ageneral term for fast walking0.90text
Walkingis aact of walking with a speed at the upper end of the natural range for walking gait0.90text
those employed in speed walkinginstance ofwithout special techniques0.80text
walkinginstance ofNon-motorized transport modes0.80text
but also cyclinginstance ofNon-motorized transport modes0.80text
small-wheeled transportinstance ofNon-motorized transport modes0.80text
oceanwaysinstance ofand foreshoreways0.80text
also river walks.The first purpose-built pedestrian street in Europe is the Lijnbaan in Rotterdaminstance ofand foreshoreways0.80text

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