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Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (2)
1. ability to move spontaneously and independently;
2. a change of position that does not entail a change of location;
- Example: "the reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his surprise"
- Example: "movement is a sign of life"
- Example: "an impatient move of his hand"
- Example: "gastrointestinal motility"
[syn: motion, movement, move, motility]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Motility \Mo*til"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. motilit['e].] (Physiol.) Capability of motion; contractility. [1913 Webster]
