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n. Movement or activity of an organism in response to a stimulus such as light.

n. the movement of an organism in response to an external stimulus

n. Any manifestation of dynamic energy.

n. In cytology, a short expression for karyokinesis.

n. a movement that is a response to a stimulus but is not oriented with respect to the source of stimulation

"Also, for Aristotle, movement in a broad sense, which he termed kinesis, separated the animate from the inanimate, and without kinesis there would be no soul, and thus no kind of consciousness or intuition."

reaction    response   

cinema    kinetic    -kinesis   

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