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countable and uncountable, plural promotions
An advancement in rank or position. examples
Dissemination of information in order to increase its popularity. examples
(marketing) An event intended to increase the reach or image of a product or brand. examples
(chess) Transformation of a pawn into a piece (by reaching the opponent's back rank). examples
(zoology, chiefly entomology) Forward motion. (Contrast remotion.) quotations
By simple promotion and remotion, assisted by some flexure and extension, the distal spines of each would reach and scratch the substratum and, on remotion, sweep coarse particles posteriorly and dorsally.
1995, Cladocera as Model Organisms in Biology, page 63
In other arthropods, promotion-remotion of the leg is accomplished at other joints. For example, in spiders promotion-remotion occurs at the coxa-trochanter joint, insects utilize the body-coxa joint, and […]
2008, John L. Capinera, Encyclopedia of Entomology, volume 4, page 3326