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cinesis

cinesis is the alternative form of kinesis.

Meaning of kinesis

Noun

kinesis (usually uncountable, plural kineses)

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

Questions about cinesis

What is cinesis the alternative form of?
Cinesis is the alternative form of kinesis.

Words near cinesis in the dictionary

  1. cinerolone
  2. cinerous
  3. cinerulent
  4. cinerulose
  5. cineseismography
  6. cinesis
  7. cinetheodolite
  8. cinetheodolites
  9. cinetization
  10. cinetizations
  11. cinetoplasm

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