- kinesis
- noun (plural kineses) Etymology: New Latin, from Greek kinēsis Date: 1905 a movement that lacks directional orientation and depends upon the intensity of stimulation
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
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-kinesis — For parapsychological uses (such as psionic abilities), see Psychokinesis. For fictional uses, such as pyrokinesis, see List of comic book superpowers. kinesis, from Greek κίνησις , movement, motion, is a suffix that denotes movement. The word… … Wikipedia
kinesis — n. [Gr. kinesis, movement] Responses not directed to a variation in the stimulus or orientation of the body axis to the source of stimulation; movement resulting from a kinesis is random; see taxis, tropism … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
-kinesis — a combining form with the general sense movement, activity, used in the formation of compound words, often with the particular senses reaction to a stimulus (photokinesis), movement without an apparent physical cause (telekinesis), activity… … Universalium
kinesis — noun a) the movement of an organism in response to an external stimulus b) Kinesis, like a taxis, is a movement or activity of a cell or an organism in response to a stimulus. However, unlike taxis, the movement can be in any direction or even… … Wiktionary
-kinesis — aff. a combining form with the meaning “movement, activity,” often used with the more particular senses “reaction to a stimulus” (photokinesis), “movement without an apparent physical cause” (telekinesis), “activity within a cell” (karyokinesis)… … From formal English to slang
