-kinesis
suff.（后缀）
语源
suff.（后缀）
- Motion:
运动：
photokinesis.
趋光性
语源
- From Greek kinēsis [movement]
源自 希腊语 kinēsis [运动] - from kinein [to move] * see kei- 2
源自 kinein [移动] *参见 kei- 2
-kinesis
Word Origin
1
a combining form with the general sense “movement, activity,” used in the formation of compound words, often with the particular senses “reaction to a stimulus” (photokinesis), “movement without an apparent physical cause” (telekinesis), “activity within a cell” (karyokinesis).
Compare -kinesia.
Origin
< Greek -kīnēsis; see kinesis
Related Words
- -kinesia
- cytokinesis
- karyokinesis
- photokinesis
- psychokinesis
- telekinesis
-kinesis
noun combining form
(plural -kineses)
karyokinesis
2. production of motion
telekinesis
noun combining form
(plural -kineses)
ETYMOLOGY New Latin, from Greek kinēsis, from kinein to move; akin to Latin ciēre to move
1. divisionkaryokinesis
2. production of motion
telekinesis
-ki·ne·sis
I.\kə̇ˈnēsə̇s, ˌkīˈ-\ noun combining form
(plural -kineses)
Etymology: New Latin, from Greek kinēsis
1. : activation
< chemokinesis >
< photokinesis >
2. : division
< karyokinesis >
II.noun combining form
: production of motion
< telekinesis >
I.
1.
< chemokinesis >
< photokinesis >
2.
< karyokinesis >
II.
< telekinesis >
-kinesis
Suffix
- movement, motion
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κίνησις (kínēsis, “motion, movement”), from κινέω (kinéō, “I move, put in motion”).
Derived terms
English words suffixed with -kinesis