Kinesthesia

3 definitions found

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

  kinaesthesia \kin`aes*the"sia\, kinaesthesis \kin`aes*the"sis\,
     n. [NL., fr. Gr. kinei^n to move + ? perception.] (Physiol.)
     The perception attendant upon the movements of the muscles;
     the sensation accompanying movement of the muscles. [Also
     spelled {kin`es*the"sia} and {kin`es*the"sis}.] --Bastian.
     [1913 Webster] Kinaesthetic



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

  kinesthesia \kin`es*the"sia\, kinesthesis \kin`es*the"sis\
  kinesthetic \kin`es*thet"ic\
     See {kinaesthesia}, {kinaesthesis}, and {kinaesthetic}.
     [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  kinesthesia
       n 1: the perception of body position and movement and muscular
            tensions etc [syn: {kinaesthesia}, {feeling of movement}]
       2: the ability to feel movements of the limbs and body [syn: {kinesthesis},
           {kinaesthesis}, {kinaesthesia}, {kinesthetics}, {muscle
          sense}, {sense of movement}] [ant: {kinanesthesia}]