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Definition: Motility |
MotilityNoun1. Ability to move spontaneously and independently. 2. A change of position that does not entail a change of location; "the reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his surprise"; "movement is a sign of life"; "an impatient move of his hand"; "gastrointestinal motility". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "motility" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1900. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | The ability to move spontaneously. (references) |
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Synonyms: MotilitySynonyms: motion (n), move (n), movement (n). (additional references) |
| Antonym: immotility (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Motility |
| English words defined with "motility": hyoscyamine, hypermotility. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "motility": Apicomplexa, ARTIFICIAL-BREEDING TECHNICIAN, artificial-insemination technician, Autocrine Motility Factor ♦ breeding technician ♦ Cytochalasin D, Cytochalasins, Cytophagales ♦ Dynein ATPase ♦ Esophageal Achalasia ♦ Fimbriae, Bacterial, Functional Disorders ♦ Gastric Inhibitory Polypeptide, Gastrointestinal Agents, Gelsolin, Giardia lamblia ♦ Hepatocyte Growth Factor ♦ Muscarinic Antagonists ♦ Pirenzepine, POULTRY INSEMINATOR, Proglumide, Protein Processing, Post-Translational ♦ rac1 GTP-Binding Protein ♦ Sperm Injections, Intracytoplasmic, Sperm Tail ♦ Vagotomy, Truncal, Ventricular Dysfunction, Left, Ventricular Dysfunction, Right. (references) |
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 | Scientists have identified a protein, named autocrine motility factor (AMF), that causes cancer cells to grow "arms" or pseudopodia, enabling them to migrate to other parts of the body. Locomotion is integral to the entire process of metastasis. Credit: Susan Arnold (photographer). |  | From a lateral view, one is able to identify the cellular components along the length of a T. pallidum bacterium, which give this spiral bacterium (spirochete) a unique cellular morphology, and mode of motility. Credit: CDC. |
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Health | IBS is at least partly a disorder of colon motility. (references) | |
Improved understanding of the components of motility that will enhance but not impede absorption may help in the design of rational antimotility therapy. (references) | ||
Colon motility (contraction of intestinal muscles and movement of its contents) is controlled by nerves and hormones and by electrical activity in the colon muscle. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Motility" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.68% of the time. "Motility" is used about 311 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 99.68% | 310 | 16,399 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.32% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 311 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "motility": Autocrine Motility Factor ♦ cell motility ♦ Ciliary Motility Disorders ♦ Esophageal Motility Disorders ♦ Ocular Motility Disorders ♦ Sperm Motility. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| 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. |
| Language | Translations for "motility"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | lëvizshmëri (mercuriality, mobility, movability, mutability, removability, variability). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | القدرة على الحركة. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 能动性. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | motilitet. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | motiliteit. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | motiliteetti, liikkuvuus (drift mobility, mobility). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | motilité individuelle, motilité. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Motilität, Motilität, Mobilität (agility, mobility), Einzelbewegung. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κινητικότητα (mobility, movableness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | כושר ת וע", יעות (kinesis, mobility, movability). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | mozgásképesség. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | movimento singolo, motilit , motilità. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | otilitymay motilidade individual, motilidade. (various references) подвижность (agility, manoeuvrability, mercuriality, mobility, removability). (various references) motilitet, pokretljivost (mobility). (various references) motilidad. (various references) individuell motilitet. (various references) рухливість (agility, mercuriality, mobility, movability, nimbleness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words ending with "motility": nonmotility. (additional references) | |
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"Motility" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: morility, morillity, mortility, motality, multifit, Tomilty. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "motility" (pronounced mōti"lutē) |
| 6 | -t i" l u t ē | ductility, fertility, futility, gentility, hostility, infertility, nonutility, utility, versatility, volatility. |
| 5 | -i" l u t ē | ability, acceptability, accessibility, adaptability, admissibility, advisability, affordability, agility, amiability, applicability, availability, believability, capability, civility, comparability, compatibility, comprehensibility, convertibility, credibility, culpability, debility, deductibility, deniability, dependability, desirability, disability, docility, durability, electability, eligibility, enforceability, facility, fallibility, feasibility, flammability, flexibility, fragility, gullibility, humility, immobility, impossibility, inability, inaccessibility, incivility, incompatibility, indestructibility, inevitability, infallibility, inflexibility, instability, invincibility, invisibility, invulnerability, irresponsibility, irritability, legibility, liability, malleability, maneuverability, marketability, miscibility, mobility, nobility, palatability, permeability, plausibility, portability, possibility, predictability, probability, profitability, readability, reliability, respectability, responsibility, senility, sensibility, stability, sterility, suitability, survivability, susceptibility, sustainability, tranquility, transferability, unavailability, unpredictability, unreliability, variability, viability, virility, visibility, vulnerability. |
| 4 | -l u t ē | abnormality, accountability, actuality, banality, bestiality, bisexuality, brutality, causality, centrality, collegiality, commonality, conditionality, confidentiality, congeniality, constitutionality, credulity, criminality, criticality, cyclicality, dimensionality, duality, equality, eventuality, extraterritoriality, fatality, fidelity, finality, formality, frivolity, frugality, functionality, generality, geniality, heterosexuality, homosexuality, hospitality, illegality, immorality, immortality, impartiality, impersonality, incredulity, individuality, inequality, infidelity, informality, instrumentality, irrationality, legality, lethality, liberality, locality, materiality, mentality, modality, morality, mortality, municipality, musicality, mutuality, nationality, neutrality, normality, originality, partiality, personality, plurality, polity, practicality, principality, proportionality, punctuality, quality, rationality, reality, seasonality, sensuality, sentimentality, sexuality, speciality, spirituality, technicality, theatricality, tonality, totality, triviality, universality, unreality, venality, vitality. |
| 3 | -u t ē | absurdity, acidity, activity, acuity, adversity, affinity, aggressivity, alacrity, alkalinity, ambiguity, amenity, amity, analyticity, animosity, annuity, anonymity, antiquity, anxiety, atrocity, audacity, austerity, authenticity, authority, barbarity, biodiversity, brevity, calamity, capacity, captivity, cavity, celebrity, charity, chastity, clarity, commodity, community, complexity, complicity, conductivity, conformity, congruity, connectivity, continuity, creativity, crotchety, curiosity, deformity, deity, density, depravity, deputy, dexterity, dignity, discontinuity, disparity, dissimilarity, disunity, diversity, divinity, domesticity, duplicity, eccentricity, elasticity, electricity, enmity, enormity, entity, equanimity, equity, eternity, ethnicity, exclusivity, expressivity, extremity, falsity, familiarity, Felicity, femininity, ferocity, festivity, fluidity, fraternity, generosity, gratuity, gravity, heredity, heterogeneity, hilarity, homogeneity, humanity, humidity, hyperactivity, hypersensitivity, identity, illiquidity, immaturity, immunity, impropriety, impunity, impurity, inactivity, incapacity, incongruity, indemnity, indignity, inequity, inferiority, infinity, infirmity, ingenuity, inhumanity, insanity, insecurity, insensitivity, insularity, integrity, intensity, irregularity, laity, laxity, levity, liquidity, lividity, longevity, majority, masculinity, maternity, maturity, mediocrity, mendacity, minority, modernity, monstrosity, morbidity, multiplicity, nativity, necessity, negativity, Nonconformity, nonentity, notoriety, nudity, obesity, objectivity, obscenity, obscurity, oddity, opacity, opportunity, overcapacity, oversensitivity, parity, particularity, passivity, paternity, paucity, peculiarity, perpetuity, perplexity, perversity, piety, polarity, pomposity, popularity, posterity, priority, probity, proclivity, productivity, profanity, progressivity, promiscuity, propensity, propriety, prosperity, proximity, publicity, purity, quantity, radioactivity, rapidity, rarity, reactivity, receptivity, reciprocity, reflexivity, regularity, relativity, religiosity, retroactivity, rickety, rigidity, salinity, sanctity, sanity, scarcity, security, selectivity, seniority, sensitivity, serendipity, serenity, severity, similarity, simplicity, sincerity, sobriety, society, solemnity, solidarity, solidity, sorority, specificity, spontaneity, stupidity, subjectivity, superconductivity, superfluidity, superiority, supermajority, surety, temerity, tenacity, timidity, toxicity, Trinity, turbidity, ubiquity, unanimity, unfamiliarity, uniformity, unity, university, unpopularity, uppity, validity, vanity, variety, varsity, velocity, velvety, veracity, Verity, vicinity, virginity, virtuosity, viscosity, voracity, vulgarity. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "i-i-l-m-o-t-t-y" | |
-3 letters: limit, milty. | |
-4 letters: limo, limy, loti, milo, milt, mitt, mity, moil, molt, moly, mott, oily, omit, tilt, titi, toil, toit. | |
-5 letters: lit, lot, mil, mol, mot, oil, til, tit, tom, tot, toy, yom. | |
| Words containing the letters "i-i-l-m-o-t-t-y" | |
+2 letters: optimality. | |
+3 letters: immortality, mitotically, nonmotility. | |
+4 letters: amitotically, automobility, emotionality, meticulosity, multiformity. | |
+5 letters: atomistically, compatibility, competitively, computability, microtonality, multipolarity, osteomyelitis, promotability. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4D 6F 74 69 6C 69 74 79 |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-- --- - .. .-.. .. - -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001101 01101111 01110100 01101001 01101100 01101001 01110100 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)M o t i l i t y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004D 006F 0074 0069 006C 0069 0074 0079 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4781867578758691 |
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