kinesis
[ ki-nee-sis, kahy- ]
/ kɪˈni sɪs, kaɪ- /
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noun Physiology.
the movement of an organism in response to a stimulus, as light.
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Origin of kinesis
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-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 within a cell” (karyokinesis).
Compare -kinesia.
Origin of -kinesis
<Greek -kīnēsis;see kinesis
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Example sentences from the Web for kinesis
What figurations, what formulas, could describe the inexhaustible kinesis of those years?
Joyce says something of the sort very differently, he is full of technical scholastic terms: "stasis, kinesis," etc.
Instigations|Ezra PoundAnd the old word kinesis will be correctly given as iesis in corresponding modern letters.
Cratylus|Plato
British Dictionary definitions for kinesis
kinesis
/ (kɪˈniːsɪs, kaɪ-) /
noun
biology the nondirectional movement of an organism or cell in response to a stimulus, the rate of movement being dependent on the strength of the stimulus
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Medical definitions for kinesis
kinesis
[ kə-nē′sĭs, kī- ]
n. pl. ki•ne•ses (-sēz′)
Motion or physical movement, especially movement that is induced by stimulation.
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