Motile

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Motile \Mo"tile\, n. (Psychol.)
     A person whose prevailing mental imagery takes the form of
     inner feelings of action, such as incipient pronunciation of
     words, muscular innervations, etc.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Motile \Mo"tile\, a. [See {Motive}.]
     1. (Biol.) Exhibiting, or capable of, spontaneous movement;
        as, motile bacteria, motile protozoa, motile cilia, motile
        spores, etc.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
  
     2. Producing motion; as, motile powers.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  motile
       adj : (of spores or microorganisms) capable of movement
       n : one whose prevailing mental imagery takes the form of inner
           feelings of action