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mo⋅tile

  [moht-l, moh-til]
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–adjective
Biology. moving or capable of moving spontaneously: motile cells; motile spores.
Origin:
1860–65; < L mōt(us) (ptp. of movēre to move, set in motion) + -ile

Related forms:
mo⋅til⋅i⋅ty  [moh-til-i-tee] , noun
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mo·tile   (mōt'l, mō'tīl')   
adj.  

  1. Biology Moving or having the power to move spontaneously: motile spores.

  2. Psychology Of or relating to mental imagery that arises primarily from sensations of bodily movement and position rather than from visual or auditory sensations.


[Latin mōtus, motion (from past participle of movēre, to move; see motion) + -ile1.]
mo·til'i·ty (mō-tĭl'ĭ-tē) n.
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Main Entry: 2motile
Function: noun
: a person whose prevailing mental imagery is motor rather than visual or auditory and takes the form of inner feelings ofaction —compare AUDILE, TACTILE, VISUALIZER

Main Entry: mo·til·i·ty
Pronunciation: mO-'til-&t-E
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -ties
: the quality orstate of being motile : CONTRACTILITY motility>
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motile mo·tile (mōt'l, mō'tīl')
adj.

  1. Moving or having the power to move spontaneously.

  2. Of or relating to mental imagery that arises primarily from sensations of bodily movement and position rather than from visual or auditory sensations.

mo·til'i·ty (mō-tĭl'ĭ-tē) n.

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