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kinesis
1[ ki-nee-sis, kahy- ]
noun
Physiology.
- the movement of an organism in response to a stimulus, as light.
-kinesis
2- a combining form with the general sense “movement, activity,†used in the formation of compound words, often with the particular senses “reaction to a stimulus†( photokinesis ), “movement without an apparent physical cause†( telekinesis ), “activity within a cell†( karyokinesis ).
kinesis
/ kɪˈniËsɪs; kaɪ- /
noun
- biology the nondirectional movement of an organism or cell in response to a stimulus, the rate of movement being dependent on the strength of the stimulus
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This season’s pieces merged the kinesis of aquatic life with the stasis of geometric shapes.
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Nikita then created three images by layering all the filmed footage in a time-lapse spanning the duration of the spoken recording, and collapsed it into static kinesis.
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Elsewhere, it was the realm of gentle optical illusion in patterning that gave several ensembles a kinesis.
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Despite the unwieldy narrative complications, Hosoda achieves an adroit, ultimately instructive balance of kinesis and stillness.
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His hips follow suit, and soon his whole body is in one smooth kinesis.
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