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Grammar : Noun
Spell : moht-l, moh-til
Phonetic Transcription : ˈmoʊt l, ˈmoʊ tɪl



Definition of motility

Origin :
  • "capacity of movement," 1827, from French motilité (1827), from Latin mot-, stem of movere "to move" (see move (v.)).
  • As in mobility : noun ability to move
  • As in motion : noun movement, action
  • As in movement : noun motion, activity
  • As in feeling : noun sensation, especially of touch
Example sentences :
  • The motility of the face, head, and neck was not noticeably impaired.
  • Extract from : « Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: » by Louis Marshall Warfield
  • They have their cells boxed in by cellulose walls, so that their opportunities for motility are greatly restricted.
  • Extract from : « The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) » by J. Arthur Thomson
  • Their cells have not cellulose walls, nor in most cases much wall of any kind, and motility in the majority is unrestricted.
  • Extract from : « The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) » by J. Arthur Thomson
  • It is by traversing its scope of motility that the mind finds out what the norms of logic are.
  • Extract from : « The Mystery of Space » by Robert T. Browne
  • Accordingly he is convinced that that stage is the final consideration of his scope of motility.
  • Extract from : « The Mystery of Space » by Robert T. Browne
  • With each increase in glycerol level, motility was reduced during the incubation period.
  • Extract from : « Preservation of Bull Semen at Sub-Zero Temperatures » by N. L. VanDemark
  • This is shown in Figure 10 along with the effect on motility of adding catalase, which is discussed in the next section.
  • Extract from : « Preservation of Bull Semen at Sub-Zero Temperatures » by N. L. VanDemark
  • The average prefreezing motility percentage for the above samples was 58, with an average rate of motility of 2.9.
  • Extract from : « Preservation of Bull Semen at Sub-Zero Temperatures » by N. L. VanDemark
  • A child who is "suggestible" to a high degree shows it in what we call "motility."
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Mind » by James Mark Baldwin
  • The defect of motility consists at first in the provocation of a motor reaction by some external cause, or by an idea.
  • Extract from : « Tics and Their Treatment » by Henry Meigne

Synonyms for motility

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