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Definition: Kinesthesia |
KinesthesiaNoun1. The perception of body position and movement and muscular tensions etc. 2. The ability to feel movements of the limbs and body. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Medicine | The sensory modality subserved by receptors in the capsules of joints and other peri-articular mechanoreceptors which allows the organism to sense the position and movement of one part of the body with respect to another. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Synonyms: KinesthesiaSynonyms: feeling of movement (n), kinaesthesia (n), kinaesthesis (n), kinesthesis (n), kinesthetics (n), muscle sense (n), sense of movement (n). (additional references) |
| Antonym: kinanesthesia (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Kinesthesia |
| English words defined with "kinesthesia": kinaesthetically, kinesthetically. (references) |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
kinesthesia | 5 |
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| Language | Translations for "kinesthesia"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | kinaesthesi (kinesthesis, motorial sensation, sensation of motion, sensation of movement), kinaestesi (kinaesthesis, motor sensibility), foelen af bevaegelse (kinesthesis, motorial sensation, sensation of motion, sensation of movement), bevaegesans (kinaesthesis, motor sensibility), bevaegelsessans (motorial sensation, sensation of motion). (various references) | |
Dutch | kinesthesie (kinaesthesis, motor sensibility, motorial sensation, sensation of motion), kinaesthesis (kinaesthesis, motor sensibility, motorial sensation, sensation of motion), kinaesthesia (kinaesthesis, motor sensibility, motorial sensation, sensation of motion), spierzin (kinaesthesis, motor sensibility, motorial sensation, muscle sense, sensation of motion), bewegingsgevoel (kinaesthesis, motor sensibility, motorial sensation, sensation of motion). (various references) | |
French | sentiment de mouvement, sensation de mouvement (kinesthesis), sens du mouvement (kinaesthesis), cinesthésie (kinaesthesis). (various references) | |
German | Kinaesthetik, Kinaesthesie (kinaesthesis, motor sensibility), Bewegungssinn (kinaesthesis, motor sensibility), Bewegungsgefuehl, Bewegungsempfindung (motorial sensation, sensation of motion). (various references) | |
Greek | κιναισθησία (kinaesthesis, motor sensibility, motorial sensation, sensation of motion), εν τω βάθει αισθητικότητα (kinaesthesis, motor sensibility), αίσθηση της κίνησης (motorial sensation, sensation of motion). (various references) | |
Italian | chinestesia (kinaesthesis, motor sensibility). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | inesthesiakay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | quinestese (kinaesthesis, motor sensibility). (various references) | |
Spanish | cinestesia (kinaesthesis, motor sensibility, motorial sensation, sensation of motion). (various references) | |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "kinesthesia": kinesthesias. (additional references) | |
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"Kinesthesia" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: kinethesia. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-h-i-i-k-n-s-s-t" | |
-2 letters: asthenies, shiitakes, sneakiest. | |
-3 letters: antheses, anthesis, esthesia, etesians, isatines, kainites, sanities, sanitise, shakiest, shanties, sheitans, shiitake, shiniest, sienites, snakiest, sthenias, teniases, teniasis. | |
-4 letters: ashiest, easiest, enskies, entases, entasis, etesian, ethanes, hankies, hastens, heinies, hessian, hessite, inkiest, intakes, isatine, isatins, kainite, kainits, kinases, kineses, kinesis, knesset, knishes, nasties, sateens, senates, sensate, sestina, sestine, shantis. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-e-h-i-i-k-n-s-s-t" | |
+1 letter: kinesthesias. | |
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