Motile

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Mo"tile (?), a. [See Motive.]

1. (Biol.)

Having powers of self-motion, though unconscious; as, the motile spores of certain seaweeds.

2.

Producing motion; as, motile powers.

 

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Mo"tile (?), a. [See Motive.]

1. (Biol.)

Exhibiting, or capable of, spontaneous movement; as, motile cilia, motile spores, etc.

2.

Producing motion; as, motile powers.

 

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Mo"tile, n. (Psychol.)

A person whose prevailing mental imagery takes the form of inner feelings of action, such as incipient pronunciation of words, muscular innervations, etc.

 

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