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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Definitions kinesthesia noun uncountable (abstract) Sensation or perception of motion. (physiology) the perception of the movement of one's own body, its limbs and muscles etc. (performing arts) A spectator's perception of the motion of a performer, or, the effect of the motion of a scene on the spectator. (see usage note) proprioception or static position sense; the perception of the position and posture of the body; also, more broadly, including the motion of the body as well. Etymology: Ancient Greek (cineÅ, put in motion) + á (aesthÄsis, sensation) in form - after anaesthesia, etc. Cf. kinesthesis and Modern Greek .If this word were borrowed on fully traditional principles it would be cinesthesia (or cinaesthesia); cf. cinema from the same root. But more often this Greek root is spelled and pronounced with a k, and in the case of kinesthesia this avoids inconvenient homophony with synaesthesia, the sensation of one type of perception as another (e.g. the perception of smells as colors). Nevertheless the words are still occasionally confused; e.g. http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&vid=ISBN0849303710&id=_u4sZjHHwCYC&pg=PA581&lpg=PA581&dq=cinesthesia&sig=gFEo5BGoW75XcUVTk44aHGKgGuc.        Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish     Show 51015202550 results per page. Enter your search terms Submit search form   Web www.allwords.com 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

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