Kinesis

Word KINESIS
Character 7
Hyphenation N/A
Pronunciations /ˌkəˈniːsɪs/

Definitions and meanings of "Kinesis"

What do we mean by kinesis?

Movement or activity of an organism in response to a stimulus such as light. noun

Any manifestation of dynamic energy. noun

In cytology, a short expression for karyokinesis. noun

The movement of an organism in response to an external stimulus noun

A movement that is a response to a stimulus but is not oriented with respect to the source of stimulation noun

The movement of an organism in response to an external stimulus

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The word "kinesis" in example sentences

Also, for Aristotle, movement in a broad sense, which he termed kinesis, separated the animate from the inanimate, and without kinesis there would be no soul, and thus no kind of consciousness or intuition. ❋ SALOMON BOCHNER (1968)

I thought that mental manipulation of things ended in kinesis. ❋ Unknown (2009)

And the old word kinesis will be correctly given as iesis in corresponding modern letters. ❋ Plato (1975)

I did a kinesis class, 45 minutes on the weights, and then I've done 20 minutes on a stationary bike. ❋ Unknown (2011)

You can use - kinesis, - pathic, - technic … Pyrokinesis, pyrotechnic, pyropathic. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Change, or movement, or motion (kinesis) is the chief subject of the work. ❋ Jonathan Aquino (2009)

This could be considered the kinesis of the poem, what animates it ... ❋ Unknown (2009)

This could be considered the kinesis of the poem, what animates it from start to finish. ❋ Unknown (2009)

This obviously rules out the possibility of any sort of cranial kinesis. ❋ Darren Naish (2006)

Actually I'm going to give the kinesis another go -- I did drop some hard coin on it. ❋ Jonathan Aquino (2006)

Due to the intrinsic functional advantage of DNA over RNA and proteins, all extant biology is evolved from the "DNA-World," in which all biological functions (catalysis, kinesis, editing, information storage, etc.) were performed by ssDNA polymers. ❋ Unknown (2006)

They want the electorate to buckle under by the sheer kinesis of incomprehensible bullying, viruses of nano-fascism slipped into the discourse hoping to infect the host. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Ma is a study in hyper-kinesis, a barely-five-feet-tall whirlwind of sharp wits and elbows. ❋ Unknown (2007)

He never actually makes any kind of move on her, despite her fetching prettiness, because, as a virgin, "She was a perfect telepath . . . and she had even demonstrated advanced psycho-kinesis." ❋ Unknown (2006)

Thus was “the depth-experience of the Faustian soul…captured in the kinesis of a picture.” ❋ Robert W. Merry (2005)

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