motile
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From Latin mōtus, perfect passive participle of moveō (“I move”) (English move).
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motile (comparative more motile, superlative most motile)
- (biology) having the power to move spontaneously
- 1993 May 6, Anthony Burgess, A Dead Man in Deptford, London: Hutchinson, ISBN 9780091779771, OL 1047075M:
- 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 motile as the blood is.
- 2010 January 21, Emily Deschanel as Dr. Temperance "Bones" Brennan, “The Proof in the Pudding”, Bones season 5 episode 12, 1:27:
- And even if they use condoms, Wendell is young. His sperm is likely to be extremely motile.
- 1993 May 6, Anthony Burgess, A Dead Man in Deptford, London: Hutchinson, ISBN 9780091779771, OL 1047075M:
- (psychology) of or relating to those mental images that arise from the sensations of bodily movement and position
