kinesis
- noun
- /kɪˈniːsɪs/
- Specialized
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quinesis
- In response to the heat, the organism showed rapid kinesis, moving towards the cooler areas.
PARADOXICAL kinesis is called, Can't explain why you move that way.
- PARADOXICAL kinesis is called, Can't explain why you move that way.
Examples
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It's not like constant like kinesis of the tell of you got anything in there besides yourself?
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We need to examine the region for increased neural kinesis.
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PARADOXICAL kinesis is called, Can't explain why you move that way.
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The semiotic kinesis is nearly transparent: satiating sexual desire is like quenching a thirst.
Fiction book (1994) -
Kirby developed a kind of taxonomy that applies to time-changing arts (dance, drama, music, and kinetic sculpture), based on the idea that there are different and distinct modes in the experience of kinesis/time.
Academic text (1994) -
As Thomas Brothers's recent book, Louis Armstrong's New Orleans, demonstrates, jazz percolated up from this vernacular soundscape of rhythm, kinesis, and virtuoso improvisation.
Academic text (2007) -
The scientists studied the kinesis of the cells to understand how they respond to light.
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The kinesis observed in the bacteria allowed researchers to analyze their survival strategies when exposed to toxins.
How Much Movement
Surface Forms
Etymology
Kinesis comes from the Greek root kine- meaning 'move', the same root you see in kinetic. It refers to an animal or cell changing how much it moves because of something in the environment, without a set direction, so the origin explains why the word means 'movement'.