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Antonyms for motility
| 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
- 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
- act
- action
- activity
- adjustability
- advance
- agitation
- alteration
- ambulation
- awareness
- body English
- change
- changing
- consciousness
- deed
- development
- direction
- displacement
- drift
- dynamics
- dynamism
- enjoyment
- evolution
- evolving
- excitability
- excitation
- excitement
- exercise
- feel
- flexibility
- flight
- flow
- fluctuation
- flux
- full swing
- gesticulation
- gesture
- high sign
- inclination
- innervation
- journey
- journeying
- kinetics
- locomotion
- maneuver
- maneuverability
- migration
- mobility
- motility
- motor response
- movability
- movableness
- move
- moveableness
- moving
- operation
- operativeness
- oscillation
- pain
- passage
- passing
- perceiving
- perception
- pleasure
- portability
- progress
- progression
- reaction
- receptivity
- reflex
- regression
- responsiveness
- roaming
- sense
- sensibility
- sensitivity
- sensuality
- shift
- shifting
- sign
- signal
- steps
- stir
- stirring
- stream
- sway
- sweep
- swing
- tactility
- tangibility
- tendency
- titillation
- transferal
- transit
- translating
- transplanting
- transportability
- travel
- undertaking
- velocity
- voyaging
- wandering
- wave
- wavering
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