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Kinetosis

Definition: Kinetosis

Kinetosis

Noun

1. The state of being dizzy or nauseated because of the motions that occur while traveling in or on a moving vehicle.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Specialty Definitions: Kinetosis

DomainDefinitions

Medicine

The syndrome of pallor, nausea, weakness, and malaise which may progress to vomiting and incapacitation, caused by the stimulation of the semi-circular canals during travel or motion as on a boat, plane, swing, etc. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonym: Kinetosis

Synonym: motion sickness (n). (additional references)

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Modern Translations: Kinetosis

Language Translations for "kinetosis"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

transportsyge (car-sickness, motion sickness). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

kinetosis (motion sickness), kinetose (motion sickness), bewegingsziekte (motion sickness). (various references)

   

French

  

mal des transports, mal des mouvements, cinétose. (various references)

   

German

  

Kinetose (air sickness, car sickness, motion sickness), Verkehrsmittelkrankheit (motion sickness), Reisekrankheit (travel sickness), Bewegungskrankheit (motion sickness). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

νόσος των κινήσεων (motion sickness), νόσος των συγκοινωνιών (motion sickness), οποιαδήποτε ανωμαλία προκαλούμενη από τις κινήσεις (motion sickness). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

ע עת. (various references)

   

Italian

  

male dei trasporti (motion sickness), cinepatia (motion sickness), chinetosi (motion sickness). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

inetosiskay

   

Portuguese

  

cinetose (motion sickness). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

cinetosis (motion sickness). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Kinetosis

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-i-i-k-n-o-s-s-t"

-1 letter: inosites, noisiest.

-2 letters: inkiest, inosite, ionises, kenosis, ketosis, kinesis, nosiest.

-3 letters: eikons, enokis, enosis, eosins, essoin, insets, insist, ionise, koines, niseis, noesis, noises, onsets, ossein, seisin, seniti, setons, siskin, skeins, skites, sonsie, steins, stenos, stinko, stinks, stokes, stones, tokens.

-4 letters: eikon, enoki, eosin, ikons, inset, intis, issei, kenos, kines, kinos, kists, kites, knits, knots.

 Words containing the letters "e-i-i-k-n-o-s-s-t"
 

+2 letters: cytokinesis, ministrokes, triskelions.

 

+3 letters: photokinesis.

 

+4 letters: skeletonising.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Kinetosis


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4B 69 6E 65 74 6F 73 69 73

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

-.-    ..    -.    .    -    ---    ...    ..    ...

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001011 01101001 01101110 01100101 01110100 01101111 01110011 01101001 01110011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#75 &#105 &#110 &#101 &#116 &#111 &#115 &#105 &#115

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004B 0069 006E 0065 0074 006F 0073 0069 0073

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

457580718681857585

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Non-English Dictionaries with "Kinetosis"

LanguageCoverageLanguage Translations

Danish

ordbog, deskriptordefinition, oversættelsedanois, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, עו'ת שמרים, " י, danese, dinamarquês, danés

Dutch

woordenboek, definitie, translatiehollandsk, néerlandais, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, "ול "י, olandese, holandês, holandés

French

dictionnaire, définition, traductionfrançais, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, צרפתית, צרפתי, francese, francês, francés

German

wörterbuch, Übersetzungtysker, Duitse, allemand, deutsch, Deutsche, "ερμανός, 'רמ ית, 'רמ י, tedesco, alemão, alemán

Greek

λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφρασηgræker, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, יו ית, יו י, greco, grego, griego

Hebrew

אוצר מילים, "'"ר", "'בל", תור'מ ות, תר'ום, "עתק", "עתקjoods, Hebreeuws, hébreu, hebräisch, Hebräer, εβραϊκόσ, εβραϊκά, εβραίοσ, עברי, עברית, ebreo, ebraico, hebreu, hebraico, hebreo

Italian

dizionario, definizione, traduzioneitaliener, italien, italienisch, Ιταλός, איטלקית, איטלקי, italiano

Portuguese

dicionário, definição, traduçãoportugiser, portugais, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portoghese, português, portugués

Spanish

diccionario, definición, traducciónSpaans, espagnol, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, ספר"ית, ספר"י, spagnolo, espanhol, español

English

Dictionary, Definition, Translationanglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, א 'לית, inglese, inglês, inglés
 


INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Translations: Modern
4. Anagrams
5. Orthography
6. Bibliography


  

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