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kinesiology

/kəˌni.ziˈɔ.lə.d͡ʒɪ/

kinesiology noun: the study of body movement.

Noun

kinesiology (countable and uncountable, plural kinesiologies)

  1. The study of body movement.
    • The two are often one and the same, says Walt Thompson, professor of kinesiology at Georgia State University and lead author of the ACSM survey – although functional fitness can apply to the younger generation as well.2013 July 3, Jacque Wilson, “‘Functional fitness’ keeps seniors moving”, in CNN
  2. The application of such principles to the diagnosis and treatment of muscular imbalance.

kinesiology meaning in Tamil and Persian

kinesiology in Tamil

மனித உடல் இயக்கியல்

kinesiology in Persian

study of body movement
کینزیولوژی kineziyoloži

Forms of kinesiology

pluralkinesiologies

Origin of kinesiology

From kinesi- + -ology.

Words formed from kinesiology

Questions about kinesiology

What does kinesiology mean?
Kinesiology means the study of body movement.
What is kinesiology in Tamil?
Kinesiology in Tamil is மனித உடல் இயக்கியல். See Kinesiology meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is kinesiology?
Kinesiology is a noun.
How do you pronounce kinesiology?
Kinesiology is pronounced /kəˌni.ziˈɔ.lə.d͡ʒɪ/.
What is the plural of kinesiology?
The plural of kinesiology is kinesiologies.

Words near kinesiology in the dictionary

  1. kinesiologic
  2. kinesiological
  3. kinesiologies
  4. kinesiologist
  5. kinesiologists
  6. kinesiology
  7. kinesiometer
  8. kinesiometers
  9. kinesioneuroses
  10. kinesioneurosis
  11. kinesiopathological

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Adapted from Wiktionary: kinesiology (page history and authors); kinesiology (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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