| kinescope | (n) a cathode-ray tube in a television receiver; translates the received signal into a picture on a luminescent screen, Syn. television tube, picture tube |
| kinesiology | (n) the branch of physiology that studies the mechanics and anatomy in relation to human movement |
| kinesis | (n) a movement that is a response to a stimulus but is not oriented with respect to the source of stimulation |
| kinesthesia | (n) the perception of body position and movement and muscular tensions etc, Syn. kinaesthesia, feeling of movement |
| kinesthesis | (n) the ability to feel movements of the limbs and body, Syn. sense of movement, muscle sense, kinesthetics, kinaesthesia, kinesthesia, kinaesthesis, Ant. kinanesthesia |
| kinesthetic | (adj) of or relating to kinesthesis, Syn. kinaesthetic |
| kinesthetically | (adv) in a kinesthetic manner; by means of kinesthesia, Syn. kinaesthetically |
| Kinesiatrics | n. [ Gr. (&unr_;) motion (fr. kinei^n to move) + (&unr_;) pertaining to medicine, fr. (&unr_;) a physician. ] (Med.) A mode of treating disease by appropriate muscular movements; -- also termed kinesitherapy, kinesipathy, lingism, and the movement cure. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Kinesipathy | n. [ Gr. &unr_; motion + pa`qos suffering. ] (Med.) See Kinesiatrics. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Kinesitherapy | n. [ Gr. &unr_; motion + &unr_; to heal. ] (Med.) See Kinesiatrics. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Kinesodic | a. [ Gr. &unr_; motion + &unr_; way: cf. F. kinésodigue. ] (Physiol.) Conveying motion; as, kinesodic substance; -- applied esp. to the spinal cord, because it is capable of conveying doth voluntary and reflex motor impulses, without itself being affected by motor impulses applied to it directly. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Kinesthetic | { }, a. Of, pertaining to, or involving, kinaesthesia. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ] Variants: Kinaesthetic |
| kinesthetic | See kinaesthesia, kinaesthesis, and kinaesthetic. [ PJC ] Variants: kinesthesis, kinesthesia |
| kinesthetics | n. The ability to feel movements of the limbs and body.
Syn. -- kinesthesis, kinaesthesis, kinesthesia, kinaesthesia, muscle sense, sense of movement. [ WordNet 1.5 ] |
