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microkinesis

microkinesis noun: the ability to move objects and affect matter on a microscopic, cellular, atomic or subatomic level with the power of one's mind.

Noun

microkinesis (uncountable)

  1. The ability to move objects and affect matter on a microscopic, cellular, atomic or subatomic level with the power of one's mind.
    • It features a fully coded Talent system including 'pathing, 'porting, merging, clairvoyance, clairaudience and microkinesis.1998 October 10, Greg Kempe, “AD: [tinymush] TowerMUSH - AM's Tower and the Hive books”, in rec.games.mud.announce (Usenet)
    • In our telekinesis case, the psi. might pick up microkinesis or macrokinesis at a certain level.2000 April 5, Kelly Ross Pederson, “Re: 3E psionics ideas?”, in rec.games.frp.dnd (Usenet)
  2. Random and meaningless movements made by a new-born infant.

Origin of microkinesis

From micro- + -kinesis.

Questions about microkinesis

What does microkinesis mean?
Microkinesis means the ability to move objects and affect matter on a microscopic, cellular, atomic or subatomic level with the power of one's mind.
What part of speech is microkinesis?
Microkinesis is a noun.

Words near microkinesis in the dictionary

  1. microkelvins
  2. microkeratome
  3. microkeratomes
  4. microkernel
  5. microkernels
  6. microkinesis
  7. microkinetic
  8. microkinetics
  9. microkini
  10. microkinis
  11. microkitchen

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