motile

motile
1. Having the power of spontaneous movement. 2. Denoting the type of mental imagery in which one learns and recalls most readily that which has been felt, i.e., having a kinesthetic representational system. Cf.:audile. 3. A person having such mental imagery. [see motion]

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mo·tile 'mōt-əl, 'mō-.tīl adj exhibiting or capable of movement <\motile cilia>
motile n a person whose prevailing mental imagery is motor rather than visual or auditory and takes the form of inner feelings of action compare AUDILE, TACTILE, VISUALIZER

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adj.
being able to move spontaneously, without external aid: usually applied to a microorganism or a cell (e.g. a sperm cell).

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mo·tile (moґtəl) (moґtīl) having spontaneous but not conscious or volitional movement.

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