Ma'anar ƙamus na kalmar "motsi" ita ce ikon motsi ko motsi kyauta da sauƙi. Wannan yana iya nufin motsin jiki, kamar iya tafiya, gudu, ko tafiye-tafiye ta hanyoyin sufuri daban-daban, ko kuma yana iya komawa ga motsin zamantakewa ko tattalin arziki, kamar ikon canza ayyuka, ƙaura, ko ci gaba a cikin sana'a. A fannin fasaha, motsi kuma yana iya nufin ikon samun bayanai ko amfani da na'urori yayin tafiya, kamar ta wayar hannu, kwamfutar tafi-da-gidanka, ko wasu na'urorin lantarki masu ɗaukar nauyi.