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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]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

motility
    n 1: ability to move spontaneously and independently [ant:
         immotility]
    2: 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" [syn: motion,
       movement, move, motility]