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KINESIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does kinesis mean?
• KINESIS (noun)
The noun KINESIS has 1 sense:
1. a movement that is a response to a stimulus but is not oriented with respect to the source of stimulation
Familiarity information: KINESIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A movement that is a response to a stimulus but is not oriented with respect to the source of stimulation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("kinesis" is a kind of...):
reaction; response (a bodily process occurring due to the effect of some antecedent stimulus or agent)
Derivation:
kinetic (characterized by motion)
kinetic (relating to the motion of material bodies and the forces associated therewith)
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