Dictionary

kinesis en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /kɪˈniːsɪs/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *keyh₂-der. Ancient Greek κῑνέω (kīnéō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Hellenic *-tis Ancient Greek -τῐς (-tĭs) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Ancient Greek κίνησις (kínēsis)bor. English kinesis Borrowed from Ancient Greek κίνησις (kínēsis, “motion, movement”).

Meanings

1. (uncountable, usually) The movement of an organism in response to an external stimulus.
2. (uncountable, usually) Any energy that creates/controls movement.
3. (uncountable, usually) The force driving life forward.

Forms

Deriveds

technokinesis · -kinesis · -kine · cranial kinesis

Relateds

cinema · kinetic · kinesia

Translations (9)

mk кине́за (the movement of an organism in response to an external stimulus) · fr kinésie (the movement of an organism in response to an external stimulus) · pl kineza (the movement of an organism in response to an external stimulus) · tr kinesis (the movement of an organism in response to an external stimulus) · nl kinesie (the movement of an organism in response to an external stimulus) · it cinesia (the movement of an organism in response to an external stimulus) · ga cinéis (the movement of an organism in response to an external stimulus) · fr kinèse (the movement of an organism in response to an external stimulus) · it cinesi (the movement of an organism in response to an external stimulus)