The phrase "affect the movement of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing how one factor influences or changes the movement of another object or entity.
Example: "The wind can significantly affect the movement of the sailboat as it navigates through the water."
Alternatives: "influence the motion of" or "impact the trajectory of".
To determine if root exudates affect the movement of S. enterica serovars, the occurrence of chemotaxis was studied.
This is then transmitted to the computer to affect the movement of the cursor on the screen.
But when he tried to reproduce the effect under laboratory conditions, he said, he found that moisture did not affect the movement of the ball.
The model also assessed the factors that affect the movement of passenger such as interior design attributes, information signage visibility and pedestrian behaviours.
As Du Sautoy reveals, tiny but unavoidable inaccuracies in measuring the factors that affect the movement of the dice make it impossible to predict which side will end up on top: minuscule variations would predict very different outcomes.
In addition to the normal demands of their jobs, Miss Baer and Miss Beitzer are often called upon to work out solutions to broader problems that affect the movement of traffic.
Furthermore fencing is a problem and can affect the movements of the rhea; this species does not jump over fences, although it can go underneath them.
This past summer, the engineering firm Arup, which is also working on the project, ran a computer simulation called a "visitor-flow model," which enabled Snøhetta to observe how elements of its design would be likely to affect the movements of museumgoers.
The inherent dynamics of the master manipulator of a teleoperated robot-assisted surgery (RAS) system can affect the movements of a human operator, in comparison with free-space movements.
Each woman was interviewed prior to ultrasound imaging to record any environmental changes in work or family conditions (i.e., stress that could possibly affect the movements of the foetuses) that she may have perceived over the preceding 4 weeks.
