Associations to the word «Kinesis»

Wiktionary

KINESIS, noun. The movement of an organism in response to an external stimulus

Dictionary definition

KINESIS, noun. A movement that is a response to a stimulus but is not oriented with respect to the source of stimulation.

Wise words

The chief virtue that language can have is clearness, and nothing detracts from it so much as the use of unfamiliar words.
Hippocrates