motile

mo·tile  (mtl, mtl)

adj.

1. Biology Moving or having the power to move spontaneously: motile spores.

2. Psychology Of or relating to mental imagery that arises primarily from sensations of bodily movement and position rather than from visual or auditory sensations.

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[Latin mtus, motion (from past participle of movre, to move; see motion) + -ile.]

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mo·tili·ty (m-tl-t) n.

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motile

Adjective

capable of independent movement [Latin movere to move]

motility n

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motile  (mtl, mtl)

Moving or able to move by itself. Sperm and certain spores are motile.

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motility noun (m-tl-t)

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	motile - one whose prevailing mental imagery takes the form of inner feelings of action beholder, observer, perceiver, percipient - a person who becomes aware (of things or events) through the senses
Adj.	1.	motile - (of spores or microorganisms) capable of movement micro-organism, microorganism - any organism of microscopic size mobile - moving or capable of moving readily (especially from place to place); "a mobile missile system"; "the tongue is...the most mobile articulator"