Google
 

AllWords.com Home

English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search

  
Definitions
motile Twit Definition of motile Share Definition of motile on Facebook Digg:Definition of motile! stumble Definition of motile Bookmark Definition of motile on Delicious submit Definition of motile to reddit Bookmark Definition of motile
adjective 
  1. (biology) having the power to move spontaneously
    • 1993: It seemed to him that, if there were a Holy Trinity as the churches taught, this must be unified through a manner of capillary action, Father merging into Son and both into Holy Ghost. So God is as the blood is. " Anthony Burgess, A Dead Man in Deptford
  2. (psychology) of, or related to those mental images that arise from the sensations of bodily movement and position
Etymology: From Latin motus.

     Source Definition of motileFull Definition of motile
  

 Find:
  Words Starting With:
  Words Ending With:
  Words Containing:
  Words That Match:

 
 Translate Into:
  
Dutch   French   German
  
Italian   Spanish
    Show results per page.

Google
 

Browse the Dictionary
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

 
  green quotes and commentary

   
Dictionary content provided from Wiktionary.org under the GNU Free Documentation License
Allwords Copyright 1998-2010 Allsites LLC. All rights reserved.