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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 stimulationplay

  Familiarity information: KINESIS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


KINESIS (noun)


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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