Defenition of the word motility

• Defenition of the word motility

  • ability to move spontaneously and independently
  • 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"
  • a change of position that does not entail a change of location

Hyponyms for the word motility

• • abduction
  • adduction
  • agitation
  • body English
  • circumduction
  • closing
  • dart
  • disturbance
  • eurhythmics
  • eurhythmy
  • eurythmics
  • eurythmy
  • eversion
  • everting
  • eye movement
  • fetal movement
  • flicker
  • flit
  • flutter
  • foetal movement
  • gesture
  • headshake
  • headshaking
  • inclination
  • inclining
  • inversion
  • jerk
  • jerking
  • jolt
  • kick
  • kicking
  • kneel
  • kneeling
  • lurch
  • nystagmus
  • opening
  • pitch
  • pitching
  • posing
  • prostration
  • quiver
  • quivering
  • reach
  • reaching
  • reciprocation
  • reclining
  • retraction
  • retroflection
  • retroflexion
  • rotary motion
  • rotation
  • saccade
  • shutting
  • sitting
  • snap
  • span
  • squat
  • squatting
  • squirm
  • standing
  • straddle
  • stretch
  • stroke
  • sweep
  • toss
  • upending
  • vibration
  • wave
  • waver
  • wiggle
  • wriggle

Hypernyms for the word motility

• • change
  • mobility

Antonyms for the word motility

• • immotility

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