noun
Meaning 1
The state of being motile (moving)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
motility
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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CMU ARPABET: M OW0 T IH1 L IH0 T IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
The degree to which something is motile
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
a change of position that does not entail a change of location
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his surprise
- movement is a sign of life
- an impatient move of his hand
- gastrointestinal motility
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: motion, movement, move
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: change
Narrower terms: abduction, adduction, agitation, body English, circumduction, disturbance, fetal movement, foetal movement, flit, dart, gesture, headshake, headshaking, inclination, inclining, inversion, eversion, everting, upending, jerk, jerking, jolt, saccade, kick, kicking, kneel, kneeling, lurch, pitch, pitching, eye movement, opening, prostration, reach, reaching, stretch, reciprocation, reclining, retraction, retroflection, retroflexion, rotation, rotary motion, shutting, closing, sitting, posing, snap, squat, squatting, sweep, toss, vibration, quiver, quivering, wave, waver, flutter, flicker, standing, straddle, span, stroke, wiggle, wriggle, squirm, eurythmy, eurhythmy, eurythmics, eurhythmics
noun
Meaning 4
ability to move spontaneously and independently
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: immotility
Broader terms: mobility
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Latin mōtus Latin -īlislbor. English -ile English motile Proto-Indo-European *-teh2 Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh2ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English motility From motile + -ity.
Across languages
Translations
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Dutch: motiliteit — state of being motile
- French: motilité — state of being motile
- German: Motilität — state of being motile
- Italian: motilità — state of being motile
- Polish: ruchomość — state of being motile
- Polish: ruchliwość — state of being motile
- Portuguese: motilidade — state of being motile
- Slovak: pohyblivosť — state of being motile
- Spanish: motilidad — state of being motile