kinesthesia
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- kinesthetic adjective
Etymology
Origin of kinesthesia
First recorded in 1875–80; from Greek kīn(eîn) “to move, set in motion” + esthesia
Example Sentences
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It even has a sort of kinesthesia; it can feel when you move its robotic arm or head.
From The Verge
This kind of awareness, called kinesthesia, is missing from prosthetic limbs—especially advanced, motorized ones.
From National Geographic
Now, researchers have recreated the feeling of kinesthesia in six arm amputees by sending finely tuned vibrations into the skin of their upper arms and shoulders.
From Science Magazine
But the bodily and muscular sensation that is the actual province of the science of kinesthesia doesn’t really have much to do with this art.
From Los Angeles Times
Stimulating muscle tendons in the nonoperated hand created a perception of movement, or illusory kinesthesia, in the injured hand without causing pain or actual movement, the study said.
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